Category: Blog
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Kirkstall Art Trail
I became secretary of the Kirkstall Art Trail committee at the end of last year. Since then we have been planning furiously, ready to make an Art Trail worth shouting about. I was tasked with creating a new website. And after a week of researching and writing and tweaking the website it’s ready to view.…
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A Collection of Cards
I like the simplicity of this drawing, and the metallic pens. This one will be water? Or maybe every cloud has its silver lining, every fish has its gold? I am going to create more with similar aesthetics.
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Kirkstall Art Trail – 2023
I started this drawing in May. I’d been unable to finish until now. After the weekend of Kirkstall Art Trail (15-16 July), I was full of positivity. I’d seen many different people, as they were welcomed into my home – which I had set up as a makeshift gallery, and they liked my art, they…
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First Attempts with Lino Printing
I’ve had pieces of Lino (SoftCut) and all the paraphernalia that goes with it for more than a year now (probably two if I’m honest), so far I have cut and printed some leaves, and designed a Christmas card which I sent out to friends and family in December 2022. The leaves were incredibly simple,…
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Village of Thwaite, North Yorkshire
I completed this drawing at the end of 2022, but wasn’t sold by the shadowing I had done on the road and house. I decided when I was cleaning up the image in photoshop (removing dust and dog hairs that had strayed onto the drawing and revealed in scanning) to remove the pen stippling on…
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Arts and Minds Annual Exhibition
The annual Arts and Minds exhibition is back, once again it is hosted online and can be found here.