No painting today, sore throat and headache.  I'm planning to go over to Easingwold on Saturday, so I hope this clears up quickly.

This is a quick Daily Drawing Practise drawing.

New way of blogging

I have tried, up until now, to blog the same day as I work, but this means I am working later and later in the evenings, trying to catch up, so I have decided to blog the day after in the hope that I will have more choice on when to do the blogging, i.e. anytime during the day.

I am giving myself the day off today as I am going to Hull to do a workshop with Jake Attree, which I am looking forward to.  I will blog about it sometime Sunday.

Meanwhile, here is another Daily Drawing Practise.

daily drawing practise

I am still trying to keep up with my daily drawing practise,  still doing my hand.  I really need to find something else to do.  Had a busy day at Burton Agnes Hall, and getting ready for my Tuesday art class.  

I haven't been to class for three weeks so I'm looking forward to it.  I have decided to give pastels another go, trying to use them in an expressionistic way.  I have prepared two boards to use, with a mix of micaceous iron oxide and fine pumice medium.  They look as if they are going to be good when dry.

Daily drawing practise.

I worked on a couple of paintings whilst at Burton Agnes, but they are still there.  I have brought home No.2 Harbour Top, but it isn't quite finished, hope to post it this week.

There are times, when I'm tired and/or busy, I wonder why I am doing this blog, but I know I wouldn't get half the work done if I didn't do it.  I still need to work out how to balance work and and the need to  blog about it.  I feel under pressure, and do try to work small, but it isn't natural to me.

Daily drawing practise

No new painting today, just another day rushing about getting non-painting stuff done.  I did manage another 'hand' drawing though.

daily drawing practise

My first woodcut

I did a workshop with Claire West last week on woodcuts and loved it.  The Japanese ply was so much easier to carve than lino, much better for arthritic hands.  In fact the wood was so soft that I could make fine lines using a ballpoint pen.  The print below had a multi-coloured background printed with the back of the woodcut block, then overprinted with black.  I think it works really well.  I need to order some supplies to carry on with this wonderful printmaking technique, the best one I've tried so far.

Wren, woodcut, 6 x 6 inch

I have also resumed my daily drawing practise, moving on from the cup and saucer to hands, well only a right hand, as I am left-handed.

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