John Our decision to move house has had the unsurprising consequence of drawing attention to just how much space my art work has come to take up. The new house will have slightly less space than this one, although I will still be blessed with a studio of my own. Nevertheless, I have had to grapple … Read more
There is a very good reason why my posts have been less frequent of late. We are preparing to move house. Sadly, this has become an all-consuming occupation which has diverted my attention almost entirely from art. It doesn’t look as if I am going to be able to do much productive work in the … Read more
As were are preparing to move house in the relatively near future a good part of my time is spent putting into some kind of order the work that has accumulated over the past three decades. I know that it would have been a good idea had I been more strict on a regular basis … Read more
…. it would seem that the “Mills of Art” also “grind slowly”. I have spent a good part of the day engaged in the kind of reviewing process I mentioned in an earlier blog, and it is turning out to be a very interesting experience. In the sorting task I mentioned earlier I have decided … Read more
The coming year is bound to be a period of novelty. We are planning to move house in the New Year, and life at the moment is almost completely occupied with preparation for that event. An important task I am undertaking in relation to the move is a reappraisal of my art work. I am … Read more
A Happy Christmas and a good New Year to all visitors to my website. Go well!
I am rather proud of the fact that I have been able to sustain my plan for a daily (or more correctly, “nightly”) drawing session. It has become almost a matter of routine now and, apart from any benefit I might gain from this exercise from a technical point of view, I feel that I … Read more
I might have mentioned in an earlier post that we are preparing to move house. After 27 years in our present home it is, not surprisingly, quite a strenuous process in a number of respects. Thinking about the move to new accommodation it didn’t take me long to realise that I am going to need … Read more
The great sketching project continues, and I am glad to say that it has not become a burden, but an interesting set of challenges. Each day brings a new task to be addressed. If yesterday’s task was the problem of depicting convincing ellipses in perspective, today’s has to do with “when is a line not … Read more
I am pleased (although, I have to confess, a little surprised) that I have managed to keep up my sketching schedule for so long. A part of me was resigned to a failure of will. Every day I feel that I learn a little more, as well as installing useful habits. My latest venture was … Read more