Harbourside
September 22, 2009 at 4:08 pm | In Abstract, Art, Drawing, Graphite | 1 Comment
Graphite on textured ghesso and board
Overall, my explorations over the summer have been successful and it’s a style I will return to in the future. It has been frustrating at times when the surface has prevented me from being as neat in my usual detailed style but overall I am pleased with the results and plan to take this further.
Beach pebbles
September 22, 2009 at 4:02 pm | In Abstract, Art, Drawing, Graphite | Leave a Comment
Graphite on textured ghesso & board
Sand patterns
September 22, 2009 at 3:55 pm | In Abstract, Art, Drawing, Fine Art, Graphite | Leave a Comment

Graphtint pencil on tissue, PVA and paper

Graphtint pencil on ghesso on board
Another drawing on a textured surface – patterns in the sand
Sunset on the cliffs
September 22, 2009 at 3:50 pm | In Art, Drawing, Fine Art, Graphite, Watercolour, paper | Leave a Comment
Graphite and watercolour on tissue paper and PVA on cartridge paper
This was inspired by the cracks on the cliffs in St Ives bay at sunset.
The sky begs to be painted here at sunset when the sun, sea and sky turns wonderful golds, oranges and crimsons. I take my camera, sketchbook and a big flask of hot chocolate and settle down for the evening - much better than TV!!
Beach mussels
September 22, 2009 at 3:43 pm | In Abstract, Art, Drawing, Fine Art, Graphite, paper, sketch | Leave a Comment
Graphtint pencil over graphite powder & gum arabic on textured paper 20 x 20cm
I love textures – smooth, sandy, wooly, shiney, rough, wet ….. and I love capturing them with my pencil.
Over the summer I prepared several sheets of paper to create various textures to explore working my detailed drawings into a textured surface.
Wedding Rose
August 18, 2009 at 3:37 pm | In Acrylic, Art, Fine Art, canvas | Leave a Comment
Wedding Rose
Acrylic on Canvas 45cm x 45cm
Painted for my son and his wife for their wedding stationary. I cut out the rose using photoshop and used it in various designs throughout the range of stationary for their wedding on 8th August 2009. And a wonderful day was had by all!
St Mary’s Church, Thornbury
August 4, 2009 at 5:47 am | In Art, Drawing, Fine Art, Graphite, paper, sketch | 1 Comment


Graphite drawings
St Mary’s Church, Thornbury.
This is a beautiful Tudor church sits along side Thornbury castle. Built in the reign of Henry VIII – although parts are believed to go back to the 12th century, it was used by the King and his wife, Anne Boleyn and his daughter Mary Tudor lived there for a time. The large drawing looks down the churchfrom the altar towards the old carved wooden pews and one of the magnficent stained glass windows.
These drawings were made for my son and his fiance’s wedding stationary for his marriage in August 2009
Sun, sea & spray
July 11, 2009 at 3:01 pm | In Abstract, Art, Drawing, Fine Art, Graphite, paper, sketch | Leave a Comment
FOR SALE
Sun, sea & spray Graphite 20 x 20cm
Inspired by the surfing waves in St Ives bay, Cornwall.
Sun, sea & sand
July 11, 2009 at 2:49 pm | In Abstract, Art, Drawing, Fine Art, Graphite, Sea / Ocean series, paper, sketch | 3 Comments
FOR SALE
Sun, sea & sand Graphite 20 x 20cm
Inspired by a sandy pool on Gwithian Beach, Cornwall
Exhibition
May 20, 2009 at 12:25 pm | In Uncategorized | Leave a CommentFrom 11th – 26th July there is an exhibition at Selly Manor in Bournville Birmingham by my art club – Studio 302 and I will be displaying some of my work there if anyone lives locally and wants to pop in!
I’m off to Cornwall again for most of the summer, I’ve primed my canvases and sharpened my pencils ready…. if it rains I’ll get lots of work done – if not….. nothing beats sitting in the warm sunshine with a good book!
Watch this space!
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