I think we’re all in need of something creative to keep our mind off things just now, so I thought I would put all of my free colouring pages together in one post so they’re easy to find. I’ll add … Read More
This week’s ‘draw along with me’ video is now up, about how to draw a Charles Rennie Mackintosh style rose motif, with some Celtic knot heart and leaf additions. The materials you’ll need are: A5 paper (148mm x 210mm) Pencil … Read More
Another ‘draw along with me’ video for you! This week it’s how to draw a simple poinsettia design. The video has been filmed in real time so that you can draw along with me. The materials you will need are: … Read More
In my last post I gave you a free Celtic floral mandala colouring page – in this post, you can learn how to draw one yourself! The video has been filmed in real time so that you can draw along … Read More
Last night I drew a quick Celtic floral mandala – this wasn’t the original design idea that I had in mind, but this is what came out on the page! I’m very happy with it, anyway, and will work on … Read More
I have quite a few designs in my Celtic dragon series now, and this latest design came from wanting to play with the triquetra shape and turning it into a zoomorphic. You’ll see from the gallery that the initial design … Read More
This Celtic snowflake design came about as a result of a request from one of my online art students, who wanted to draw one for her Christmas cards this year. It was a fun project to work on, and I’m … Read More
I’m really pleased to announce that I finally have a shop hosted on my own website! You’ll find my original lino prints, greetings cards, my colouring book, stickers, colouring pages and stationery sets over there. As a welcome offer, please … Read More
I’m really pleased to announce that booking for my online Celtic knotwork drawing classes are now live! I have a selection of classes available from beginners to more advanced, a few samples of which are above. As I want to … Read More
If you’ve been following my blog / Instagram / Twitter for a while, then you’ll know that I always like to take part in the Twitter Art Exhibit each year. The project was originally set up 10 years ago by … Read More
Some more beautiful pieces of reduction lino printing for you (read my previous post for a few more details on the reduction lino printing method). These were all created by members of the weekly community art group that I teach. … Read More
A swatch taken from an evening stroll on the beach just north of Whitley Bay, north east Egland, last week. As always, you can download the colour swatch and codes from Adobe Color CC, feel free to use them in … Read More
I see a sky full of galaxies in this piece of weathered tin. As always, you can find this colour swatch over at Adobe Color CC and use it in your artwork. Have fun!
I was really pleased to be asked to go back to the Lanchester Monday Art Group earlier this month to teach them reduction lino printing. (You can see the first lino prints they created with me last year in this … Read More
A wealth of colour found in a pile of broken slates. As always, find the colour swatch information over at Adobe Color CC, and feel free to use it in your artwork. Have fun!
Another beautiful bloom from our garden, a California poppy. These have really flourished here and they self seed everywhere, which is wonderful for bright splashes of colour on grey days! As always, you can get the colour codes for this … Read More
Huge thanks to @PaigntonPoet for his poem about my ‘Dragon Spiral’ artwork. As I wrote in this previous blog post, this piece has been donated to this year’s Twitter Art Exhibit to raise funds for Art in Healthcare. My piece … Read More
Here’s a little round up of my art in the wild! The first piece is a mail art piece for the short film, ‘Dear Eduardo‘. The film’s makers put out a mail art call for envelopes to be used in … Read More
A Memento Mori found in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh this weekend. If you like a bit of graveyard architecture (and graffiti!), then there’s more in the gallery at the bottom of this post. We were in Edinburgh to visit the … Read More
It’s 8th of May already and yet still extremely gloomy outside! So I thought a colouring download that could be coloured in lots of bright colours would be the order of the day. This illustration was originally hand drawn by … Read More