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Christmas Cards
This morning we went elderberry picking for another one of Big Dreamer’s home-brewing projects. The hawthorn bushes up the lane are already a lovely yellow and full of red berries. The air was damp and mild. It felt very autumnal. … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged apples, autumn, christmas cards, chutney, elderberries, Flat Cat Gallery, hare cards, hare prints, hawthorn, Summerhall, the chutney challenge, winter animals
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Bright moon
Here is a photograph from my life drawing class last night. At the beginning of the class I set the students some exercises using collage to help them develop their understanding of shape and the human body. On the way … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged collage, eerie, fog, halloween, human form, illustration, life drawing class, shape, traffic lights
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Colder days
The temperature has dropped in the last few days and we are unusually unprepared. The chimney needs to be swept and the wood shed is bare. These are now urgent items on my ‘To Do’ list. So what have I … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged chimney, chimney sweep, fires, illustration, life drawing classes, logs, publicity, reportage, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, teaching, temperature cold, The Cyrenians, vulnerable people, wood shed
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Wildwood
This week skeins of pink-footed geese have been spotted over the farm, making their way south to their winter feeding grounds. Although many pass us by, for some the east coast of Scotland will be their destination and they will … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged book cover, bookaholic, Bowmont sheep, breeding grounds, devon, devon fine fibres, Dovegreyreader Scribbles, farming, feeding grounds, Greenland, Hannah Foley, hedgerows, Iceland, illustration, illustrator, knitting, Lesley, penguin, pink-footed geese, quilting, roger deakin, skeins, song bird, Spitsbergen, wildwood
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A lack of blackberries
This weekend was warm and bright with a lovely crispness to the air that reminds us autumn is here. A maple in the fields turned deep red almost over night and many of the trees round about are starting to … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside, Illustration
Tagged autumn, Beatrix Potter, blackberries, bulbs, Cotton-tail. comfort, crisp. bright, crumble, daffodil, fire, Flopsy, frosty, garden centre, gardening, grate, grey, hyacinth, maple, Mopsy, mornings, pansies, Peter Rabbit, plug plants, raspberries, rose hips, scotland, weeds, winter, winter bedding
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New website
Yesterday evening Big Dreamer put up my new website. It’s still got a few things we need to sort out so do bear with us but they should hopefully be ironed out by the end of the week. In the … Continue reading
Seaside Sketches
Here are some sketches from our visits to the beach. I love drawing people at the seaside, everyone is so relaxed. Yesterday the rain started to pour. The season is coming to a close and we’ll be heading home too … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged beach, boat trips, dogs, fishing, illustration, seaside, sketchbook
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