How To Make A Portrait – Girl, Dog Or Fish
Drawing well is no more tricky than learning a few tricks. Here are a few portraiture tips that you might find useful.
A Few Days With My Father, Sketching In Changeable Weather
I spent a few days with my venerable father, in Bray on Ireland’s East Coast. I got a few sketches in too!
How I Built This: Luck Or Hard Work? (I’m working on the uplifting music for the playout)
The NPR show How I Built This has been my weekly inspiration since 2020. Like the presenter Guy Raz, I often think about the nature of lucky vs. hard work.
Nothing Like Spring Flowers To Buoy The Spirits
This week has seen hopes raised and dashed, but sketching beautiful spring flowers keeps my spirits up.
Never Taken A Class With Me? Now’s Your Chance
Great news! For all newcomers, I have a free class on Thursday 22nd February.
The Artist’s Way – Not Always The Fast Way
Many of us struggle to identify as artists, even though we have a creataive streak a mile wide.
Enjoy Your Coffee, Madam!
I love a cup of coffee and a sketch when it’s too cold and wet to sketch outdoors.
Meet The SketchPocket…The Bag That Will Improve Your Sketch Life
The SketchPocket is my latest creative venture, a sketching bag specially designed for on-location sketchers.
The Importance Of Good Values
There are few things that will help improve your sketching more than getting to know your values.
Two Days In Dublin: A Cultural Whirlwind
Two of my three children go on their merry way at the end of this week: my eldest, Honor, is well established in Dublin. Of the two who have lived with us at home for the last while, Paddy is 22 and starts his Erasmus soujourn in Nancy, eastern France, and Liv returns to university…