A golden evening looking out over Akaroa Harbour
I was so happy with this scene that I decided to dust off the sketchbook…
A golden evening sketch
… and even though it’s not watercolour paper, it still handles the water from my little travel brush surprisingly well.
A bird’s-eye view of Akaroa
The other quick sketch from the weekend has been enhanced digitally using Affinity Photo.
Let Your Light Shine Down — ink, watercolour, and gouache, 204 x 255 mm, 2017. Available.
More clouds. More animal dots. ‘Let Your Light Shine Down’ is a new version of ‘Landscape in the late afternoon (with cows)’.
Let Your Light Shine Down
“They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.” Robert A. Heinlein
I tend to thrive on deadlines, creating them for myself even if I don’t have to because it makes me more productive, but this month I have no projects demanding urgent attention. And I’m still managing to get a few things done.
Here are three little drawings I’ve just finished:
The Return #1 — ink and watercolour, 90 x 90 mm, 2016. Sold.
The Return #2 — ink and watercolour, 90 x 90 mm, 2016. Sold.
Worth the Risk — ink and watercolour, 128 x 128 mm, 2016. Available for purchase.
I’ve been getting reacquainted with working in pen and watercolour. It’s been ages. Too long, really. So I thought I’d ease back into it with a few abstract patterns. One thing led to another and the four mini (3″ x 3″) artworks below are now for sale have sold on Etsy.
Today is my little blog’s fourth anniversary🎈🎈🎈🎈 and so I thought I would go back in time to the very beginning. Here is my first post from 13th March 2012. Have a creative day.
A couple of years ago, I started an illustrated journal. I was inspired by Danny Gregory and his book The Creative License and I wanted to see if I could draw.
One month and 19 sketches later, I drew Villa 10…
…and the road home (among other things).
I enjoyed sketching so much that I decided to take an art course at the Design & Arts College in Christchurch, New Zealand.
