Sketch of the week – Small object
When we think of sketching we think about places and scenes, but drawing a small object like this coffee glass requires a lot of observation and careful use of lines to depict it’s shape and form. I like drawing simple things like these because it makes you...Short Fiction – ‘Castro’
Staying in Castro for a week. The town is emptier than I expect. San Martin, the main street is where the locals come to shop. But right now everything is closed, shuttered or padlocked. A department store sits nestled between a fishmonger and a grocer. Its huge glass...Read moreThe painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later. – Joan Miro
Sketch of the week – Sneakers
I hope you’re having stress free lead up to the end of the year. Here is my drawing for the week. As always when getting back into a creative project, I encourage you to 1. Start with something simple 2. Start at home. There’s always something around the...
The Art of Doodling
I have always enjoyed doodling or as I like to think of it – ‘free drawing’. Long before I started writing I would draw in sketchbooks or school exercise books – wherever there was a blank area on paper. There wasn’t any real purpose to these...
