(I dropped my iphone into these bubbles after this photo was taken…) Delightedly taking part in a project with Eden Arts. Artweb – with folks from a variety of secondary Eden schools. Here’s a link to another of mine: http://theartweb.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/office-politics.html?m=1 They have done some absolutely brilliant work, which will be exhibited at the Soup Shop in Penrith in mid-Feb. if…
Author: Alex Jakob-Whitworth
Combining pen and watercolour
Combining Pen and Watercolour Workshop at Vine and Roses, Penrith. One of the things I enjoy about delivering workshops is how I learn something each time, whether it be about methods or materials, or more interestingly, how people learn and what their experiences mean to them. One thing I learnt on this workshop was how different minds can experience different…
No one likes an angry poet
Please share this wonderful and fantastic poem! No-one likes an angry poet. Next Tuesday what with the weather being lousy and the nights drawing in and the rent being due and the electricity bill hitting the floor and going through the roof at the same time and feeling in need of a mid-morning pick me up to shore up my…
Florence Mine
Have stepped into the unknown by luckily getting onto a course that will move me into a yet more digital format, chasing out any lingering Luddite cobwebs… Florence Mine in Egremont is the location, Signal Films the provider and Sam Meech the teacher/mentor. Our first session had us admiring the red rusty redundant mine buildings whilst trying to film in…
Looking for a way forward
A Little Stream near Ambleside I did this last night and it set me thinking about what it is we try to do when we make a painting or drawing. What are we aiming for? How do we choose what to depict? What are we trying to “say”, if anything? I was walking the dogs past a little stream we…
Shh. That time of year cards…
It’s only October – but thinking ahead and here is the beginning of two things. Firstly, one of my Christmas Card designs (although you wont find this wee chap anywhere else as he has been exquisitely hand-made by the eagle-sighted Gavin Pollock) and secondly the start of a new joint project involving the Wee Folk, henceforth known as the La’l…
The Big Draw
The Big Draw has started in Cumbria! It’s actually started everywhere as it is a national event, taking place every October. There are several events across Cumbria, taking place in schools, village halls, museums, outdoor centres, libraries and even an aquarium! I only wish I could attend them all! Penrith has Eden Arts using the Soup Shop in the Devonshire…
“What’s so Special About Him Dad?”
Constantly writing applications is the lot of just about any of us these days. It’s hard, but each one has to be treated new with all the effort of the previous one. I decided with my “latest”, to make it a little different and made a comic using a great programme called Comic Life So this is one of the…
The Digital Age is Supposed to Free Us?
Before I throw the paptop out the window – with its frustrating internet…and deeply frustrating websites, I need to consider that…long, so sadly, long ago, in the days of paper (going all Luddite now) I would have been able to sort out this information I wanted in less than five minutes by simply opening the (actual – not virtual) file…