Make pretty decorated eggs for Easter
I had great fun decorating these little eggs, and it was quick and easy too! I chose to hard-boil the eggs, you can blow them but it’s a little bit more complicated and time consuming. These eggs are purely for decoration and should not be gobbled! Melted crayon egg Once boiled, work quickly on the … Read more
Figure drawing (first time in a long time!)
I’m returning to figure drawing for the first time since art school. Last week I went to my first lesson at the Fusion Arts Centre in Oxford. Having not attempted this in around 10 years, I was slightly apprehensive – worried that what I would create would be rubbish and not worthy of a blog … Read more
Mother’s Day bouquet
I got a bit carried away taking arty photos of a little bouquet of flowers I put together for Mother’s Day on Sunday. I got up far too early for a Sunday with the bright idea of making a little arrangement for mum with the flowers and foliage from the garden. Brilliant idea! It was … Read more
Sketch book to final look
Firstly apologies for being quiet over the last week – I had a little holiday last weekend and neglected my new found blogging routine. Over the week though I have been doing quite a bit of file organisation (had to happen sometime) and found lots of scanned images of my sketches. I usually use these … Read more
Simple Photoshop tutorial
This is a simple tutorial using Photoshop layers and paths to enhance a picture of one of my guitar prints. I wanted to make the images seem a bit cooler and grundgy but without obscuring or altering the print itself. This is the image I started with, fairly simple with the print on the back … Read more
February’s Fabulous Photo
This month’s photo was taken on a trip to the Grant Museum of Zoology. This small, free museum is the only remaining university zoological museum in London and houses around 67.000 specimens. We saw everything from a jar of worms to a white rabbit’s head (very apt with Easter just around the corner…). The image … Read more
