In 2001 I did not have a digital camera as I could not afford one, so I was using a film camera. Films were expensive and slower to be processed but there is a certain quality about the photos that is different to the super sharp digital cameras used today. I have thousands of film... Continue Reading →
ART TEACHING RESOURCE: FREE Linocut & Art Tutorials Website
I am a qualified Art Teacher with a Bachelor of Education (Art) so am very aware of the need for teachers & students to have resources to help develop both their own artwork & classroom resources. So a few years ago I created a new website. Essentially it is a compilation of most the art... Continue Reading →
Flannel Flowerings Illustration
I have been working on this smaller drawing of experimenting with little excerpts of flannel flowers. It is just a small selection of different aspects of these gorgeous flower. It is a pen, ink & wash drawing - although there is only a subtle hint of the wash in the centre of the flowers and... Continue Reading →
‘Postcards’ Designs – Designing Linocuts
I have been working on some new designs based around those old fashioned postcards from towns popular in the early last century, where there is the overlay of a drawing creating a 'window' with the photography of the place behind it. So the idea is to use a 'picture frame' of black and white 'pattern'... Continue Reading →
