'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...

It was interesting to see and read about the work of Klint recently, especially whilst I'm researching Ithell Colquhoun. Despite working...

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...

I'm finding that listening to interviews of Kentridge talking about his process is hugely enabling for me as I tread the unknown with my...

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...

Continuing my exploration of William Kentridge's processes, particularly his use of ink, I was interested to read an article on the Tate...

Following on from reading about accidental marks and cultivated chance, and wanting to link this in some way with my explorations of...

Now the small exhibition has been and gone, I've had time to reflect on how it went and what new paths it may have opened up. The process...

In September 2022 I went to a retrospective exhibition of the South African artist William Kentridge. The bold and unapologetic way in...