https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2021/11/26/rocks-rediscovered/ I've been looking at the forms and shapes in old geological maps. I...

This began as using simple torn pieces of paper, which I then painted a wash over. I was trying to create some spaces within a page, that...

I looked into the principle ideas behind psychogeography for my research paper and have found it really interesting to find an actual...

This summer I visited Avebury stone circle. It was serendipitous that a gathering had been organised for the exact time we visited so I...

Having open studios fall just after the end of term, at a time when I'm re defining my direction has been very useful. Although there are...

"In art, automatism refers to creating art without conscious thought, accessing material from the unconscious mind as part of the...

'For paths run through people as surely as they run through places' I've been reading Robert Macfarlane's 'The Old Ways' where he travels...

Back in Feb 2023 I did some experiments, where I painted washes onto paper before printing them onto another. At the time, I was focussed...

I've been in touch with Tate archive recently as I'd read they had a large collection of early drawings and watercolours by Colqhoun. In...

I've written about the Stonehenge exhibition I went to last summer in another post and wanted to find out more about the significance of...

I've been reading about circle dancing and have been surprised to find so much history and meaning to it. "The circle in a symbol for...

A small mark making experiment I did the other week turned out quite well in terms of colour and layering. Below is the original, very...

I've been looking at thee sketchbooks of the artist Jo Blaker and Karen Stamper to push my perception of what a sketchbook can be. I...

A short while back, I accidentally made some imprints from one sketchbook page to another while some paint was still wet, creating a new...

Beginning work on my work plan as outlined in my study statement, I've been experimenting with paint and taking a step away from trying...

A few weeks ago I accidentally smudged and printed one sketchbook page to the other. The page where colour from one page went onto the...

"The expression of profound emotion through portrayals of the human body" This weekend I went to the Making Modernism exhibition at The...

Yesterday evening I watched a live event run by the Royal Drawing School, where Andrea Biasca-Caroni and Thomas Marks were discussing the...

Each time I draw I mix around a bit with materials and today I worked with charcoal again - and stumbled across a complete happy...

Following some layering experiments with gouache and chalk pastel I began a few using watercolour. I used simple mark making to begin...