One of the joys of drawing someone is that it sometimes leads on to them becoming a friend. They obviously feel that connection, too, and take an interest in what I’m doing and what’s new in my life. Stuart is certainly one of those people and we speak regularly and enjoy the interchange of wordplay […]
The man from ‘Frisco was keen, very keen. I knew he wanted me to draw him, when we met, I could feeeel it, within him. And on our second meeting, a year later, he was equally keen. But, he’s decided to wait, a bit longer, until he has the chance to bring someone else along. […]
One of the thing I love about the art workshops I go on, is meeting old friends. So, I was delighted to bump into two of them on Saturday who’ve I’ve not seen for some months, and catch up with their seperate news (yes, the cats still fine, her mother is better now thanks, her […]
The coffee was deeply delicious, rich and luxouriously strong, with just a touch of cream and sugar, and tasted more than sweet on my tongue, as I’d just unveiled the watercolour painting of St. Wystans church in Repton, and the elderly woman who had commissioned it had just told me how pleased she was with […]
Sometimes simple things aren’t quite so simple. Or at least the illusion of them being simple is actually quite complex. MMm….. I’ll explain…………….. The other week I was asked to do a little commission of St Wystans church in Repton in the county of Derbyshire. No problem, I’m very familiar with the church and the […]
Like wanting to hang on to the last stolen minutes with a lover, I don’t want to say goodbye. I want to stay, in the comfort of their presence, staring into their eyes, gaining comfort from their connection………. So it is with a form of sad regret that I have to say farewell, and walk away with […]
Wow, three years blogging! I remember the first blog post I did and wondering what to say, never thinking that I’d still be doing it three years later! I had the chance at the time to do a newsletter and chose to write a blog instead. I may start a newsletter at some point, though. […]
I’m almost there, and yet……….I’m hesitating……………..Why am I hesitating?Because I don’t want to spoil it. I want it to be ……rightI want it to be special. I keep looking at it to double check it’s alrightand it is, in placesBut I need to look againto see what else needs to be doneThe thinking is part […]