Art practice

For a second year, I entered the Dark Peak Photography festival, based in the lovely Glossop, on the western slopes of the Peak District hills.… Read More »Dark Peak Photography Festival, Glossop

A long overdue trip to London and a whirlwind tour around some of the best current exhibitions on offer. Firstly, there was Richard Avendon at… Read More »London gallery trip

It has recently been National Organ Donation Awareness week. My partner Karen had a heart transplant in 2006 and has been an incredible inspiration to… Read More »Art raffle for cardiomyopathy UK

The terminology in and around the art world can be a bit overwhelming – art movements, techniques, artists, philosophies, etc, etc. So how can we… Read More »Art terminology quiz

I managed to get up to Leeds for the Living Exhibition into which I’d entered one of my photographs. The exhibition stipulated that submissions should… Read More »Living exhibition, Leeds

I’ve been sketching people and objects in cafes and bars for about 3 years now and have seen a significant improvement but like many artists… Read More »Looser sketching style

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

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