C-Art approaches, so I’m trying hard to catch up on everything and and planning a series of workshops and classes for the Autumn term. Most popular are the Drawing Horses, either as a class, or as a day long workshop; and the You Can Draw :-), which will introduce drawers to the fundamentals of drawing; and Sparking Creativity, a workshop…
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Craftsmen at the Priory
It’s been a very hectic month with demands on time and effort, and a very sad month which the death of my lovely gentle talented father, John Whitworth. Many months ago I was honoured to be invited to take part in the celebrated Craftsmen at the Priory exhibition which is open during August,10 am until 5pm. I was even more…
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…
“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…
C-Art has begun!
Just a selection of my work that is here. I do have all sorts as I’m a bit of a Jack Butterfly; always trying new ways of saying what I want to say. Theres no rule is there, that says an artist has to stay in one discipline? Or even one art form? I think some people won’t take you…
It Looks Quite Different
“Noticed” Once I photograph a painting or drawing, it actually looks quite different to my eye in a small digital image to what I am seeing when I’m working on it. This is like the little tricks of holding your painting upside down, or offering it to the mirror (love that phrase “offering up the shelf to the wall”, as…
The Lemon Tree
After returning from a magical Olympic Trip in London (650 miles driven all told) its back to Earth and preparing for C-Art, Cumbria’s Open Studio event this year. I am open Weds to Sun inclusive during both weeks 12 noon until 5pm each day. Not Thursday ’til Sunday as it says in the brochure! There’ll be flapjacks and fresh coffee…
CSI @ She Just Popped
She Just Popped CSI in action again. “She was such a bubbly character,” beside the waterfall. She “just popped” according to witnesses, and CSI are called in to analyse and examine the residue clues. I posted this is we make the long journey from our tiny village in Cumbria to the Olympics in London! I should have brought the But…