Ivanhoe jousting off the grid
In my last blog post I wrote about the painting session I did for my Ashby Arts Festival board and said that I would show… Read More »Ivanhoe jousting off the grid
In my last blog post I wrote about the painting session I did for my Ashby Arts Festival board and said that I would show… Read More »Ivanhoe jousting off the grid
I spent all of yesterday on my hands and knees in a cold unheated warehouse, kneeling on a bare concrete floor. The door to the outside… Read More »Frozen to the bone but don’t artists have to suffer for their art
In a professional context it often happens that private or corporate clients corder a publication to be made and presented with the actual content still not being ready. Think of a news blog that’s filled with content hourly on the day of going live. However, reviewers tend to be distracted by comprehensible content, say, a random text copied newspaper or the internet. The are to focus on the text, disregarding the layout and its elements. Besides, random text risks to be unintendedly humorous or offensive, an unacceptable risk in corporate environments.
If it hadn’t been mentioned yesterday I doubt I would have known there was an eclipse today. But all the hype suggested that it would be… Read More »Eclipsed by dead shadows
Sometimes its nice to go off in a new direction, and sometimes its nice to work in a new direction from an old one. Some… Read More »From a white nightmare to golden moments
This week I’ve been agonising over something. And It’s something I shouldn’t be agonising over at all. I’ve been an artist all my life and… Read More »Artistic agonies should be burned with the angst
The thing about being any sort of creative person is direction. And I’ve been focusing on the wrong thing entirely. Just because one person, in… Read More »I’ve been focusing on the wrong thing entirely
Its not been a ……good week. The things I want to do, I have not been able to do. Partly because I am waiting for… Read More »Seven days and seven words
I’ve done as many detailed working drawings as I can for the moment regarding Dambuster planes and bombs and am waiting for the client to get… Read More »Passionate moments