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Category Archives: General
Project LV One – Day 105 – White Horses
The original series of images were captured over a year ago at Compton Verney. I finally got around to making something out of them the other week.
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Have a think about this…
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Project LV One – Day 102 – Sitting in the Sun
Another day another attempt to master soft pastels and I think I have reasons to be pleased. This wasn’t anything like the previous disaster which is really encouraging. As with any skill you just have to keep working at it … Continue reading
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Tagged drawing, ink drawing, Irene Adler, portrait, Project LV One, sketch, Soft Pastels, woman
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Project LV One – Day 98 – Working in the garden
I have a love/hate relationship with soft pastels. Some years ago when I was new at this art business I bought myself a set of Sennelier soft pastels which are one of the best brands. What could go wrong? Well … Continue reading
I just can’t stop drawing
Some times, just sometimes I can’t stop myself – I just keep drawing. Over the past few days I’ve really started to think about making drawings that are not people but rather landscape. This has always been a bit … Continue reading
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Project LV One – Volume 2 now published
Well that is that…just under two weeks and I’ll have to start the process all over again. You can see the new book at: http://blur.by/1sSt1e9
Project LV One – Day 79 & 80 – It’s complicated
I’m not entirely sure where yesterday went but I missed it. Most of the afternoon was spent painting and then it just got away from me. Anyway today I walked around the new Cathedral Square at Leicester and I have … Continue reading
Project LV One – Day 65 – Crises of Confidence
Art Class Paintings I blame Stephen Fry. If it wasn’t for the fact that I have been listening once again to his excellent, if a bit Forest Gumpesque, second instalment of his autobiography I may well not have put … Continue reading

Interesting Comments
From time to time I get a comment left on my blog. This is wonderful and I thank anyone who does actually does that. However, some of the comments are a little hard to understand which, if English is not the … Continue reading →