stuck

My sketchbooks seem to consist of stuck ins more and more...they are becoming scrap books I think -random bits of paper are often more inviting to work with. Here's two pages from the other day.

feeling blurry, heading home ***giveaway***

Introducing.....

Feeling Blurry
Brown Ow
Head for the trees
Heading home
Warmth

A collection of 5 prints - new for the shop.

Each is signed, editioned and sold unframed.

Details here

GIVEAWAY
I have one copy of Feeling Blurry and one copy of Heading Home to giveaway.
If you would like to enter please leave a comment in this post and let me know which of the two you'd like.
Closing date 20th June midnight GMT.
Winners announced 23rd June.
Thanks for reading and good luck!

workshop woods and {anti} heroes

We had a quick trip to Devon last weekend and spent some good times in my Dad's workshop, making super heroes with wood and pen with Wren and his cousins.

Followed by a muddy walk to the wet woods to build a dam and launch a newly made boat.

I enjoyed some quiet moments making nail eyes for my anti hero....

a good line in drawings......

These are photos from the experimental drawing workshop I led a few weeks ago at Bath Artists' Studios - with a great group who produced some wonderful things.  We rushed through the day with many of my exercises left unattempted - so many ways to draw so little time!
Thanks to those who took part.

A Heron for 50p

I was really pleased with these 50p plates, the only purchase from the Bath racecourse carboot on a freezing overcast day a few weeks ago.
The top one is a design by Patrick Heron and the bottom by Anthony Whishaw
They are printed enamel plates produced in the 1980s for the Royal Academy of Arts - printed by a company called Mikkimugs.

Now used and enjoyed by Clare and I in our studio.

Not out of the woods and co - New Craftsman Gallery

Not out the woods
Little redhead
Neat
Flora
Painted lady

We spent a handful of sunshiny days in Cornwall over Easter and I delivered this small collection of heads to their new home  -  the New Craftsman Gallery in St Ives. 

watery bodies

....reading the current Raw Vision I came across an article about Andre Robillard...his take on the figure inspired these brown/terracotta watercolour big heads.

What I love or dream about

A lovely thing happened a few weeks back. I had an email from a French artist and teacher called Mathilde who works with kids and adults and clay in various settings all over Paris.  Inspired by my work she set one of her groups of kids a project about what they love or dream about....and here is what they made.  
I love that these just turned up, all fully formed, in my inbox.  
I love that they are wet clay, and mixed clay in many cases, captured in these photos in this wonderful soon-to-pass state.
I love Mathilde's small descriptions and insights into her student's starting points:

Sami loves football and was inspired by the World Cup / Lina loves nature/Marc is passionate about the game "Angry Brids". He represented all the characters / Amy loves underwater world / Corentin loves fish and whales / Julianne collects rabbits / Anne-Laure loves Hello Kitty, hearts and flowers, like all girls... 

Thanks to Mathilde and her class!

The sunny and the not exactly sunny

Wonderfully sunny and warm today at the studio with a clear clear view of the bridges to Wales.  Nonetheless these somewhat sunny-less people turned up.

I heart Bath

...a very enjoyable visit to Elise Menghini's  exhibition at Bath Artists' Studios yesterday. 

Inspired by chandeliers found in No1 Royal Crescent and the Assembly Rooms and with Jasperware blue pieces- as a nod to Wedgwood's onceuponatime Milsom Street showroom - Elise's centre piece was a chandelier of cast architectural elements from around the city.  
Souvenir and tourist attraction were the themes here, but respectable, understated and considered rather than garish, bright and brash - very Bath! {in daylight hours at least -  i.e before closing time}

The 3D glasses and magic wallpaper were a big hit with a small person.