Emulsion transfer workshop
I recently ran my first art workshop up in Sheffield. I’ve run many IT training courses in the past but this was a different type… Read More »Emulsion transfer workshop
I recently ran my first art workshop up in Sheffield. I’ve run many IT training courses in the past but this was a different type… Read More »Emulsion transfer workshop
We had a trip to the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield to see the early works of Alan Davie and David Hockney. The significance of this… Read More »Hockney and Davie, Hepworth, Wakefield
It’s fascinating to put together a timeline of your work in one medium to give a sense of how you are progressing. This is particularly… Read More »Sketching progress
I had a long run around Dovedale, Derbyshire last weekend. It’s a route I often do early in the morning and it keeps mostly to… Read More »A Victorian find in Dovedale
I had a good talk with the curator at the fantastic creative space THiNK in Nottingham a few months ago and she asked me to… Read More »THiNK submission
I took it upon myself to perfect emulsion transfer of photocopied images onto canvas a few weeks ago. This is a technique we learnt at… Read More »Emulsion transfer – a learning curve
We had a day trip to Sheffield which is easily accessible given the new station at Ilkeston. The weather was grey and overcast but as… Read More »Sheffield brutalism
We made the short hop to see the Fine Art degree show at Loughborough University and were not disappointed. Some of the work was quite… Read More »Loughborough University degree show
A short break to Galway, Ireland was planned with a further foray on to the Burren. The Irish weather was kind and the contrast between… Read More »Trip to Galway and the Burren
My son is a big fan of brutalist architecture so we spent an afternoon in Long Eaton trying to capture some shots of the urban… Read More »Long Eaton photoshoot
Creative Mornings is a worldwide initiative for creative people to meet up and network over coffee and croissant and listen to a short talk on… Read More »Creative mornings Derby – first event
We had a day visit to the new Vincent Van Gogh exhibition at Tate Britain that explored his time in England as well as his… Read More »Van Gogh and McCullin at Tate Britain