King Street Urban Sketching

 As the weather was scheduled to take a sudden turn for the worst at midday we set off on our miniature field trip with a small group of Urban sketchers and headed for the historic mid seventeenth century King Street in Bristol. It added a sense of comedy/trepidation as we knew what was heading our way. But imagine our smug delight as we completed our first sketch and dived into the King William Alehouse dodging the deluge. Like our seafaring forefathers before us, we felt we had made port in a storm. Many thanks and very well done to all who signed up took part

 Most pleasant to be working from studies made at Bristol Museum again and exploring some of the superb natural history specimens on display. 

 Jotting down a few journal notes at Ashton Court in Bristol...and heard my first Chiff Chaff of the year

Folk House Open Day

 A most enjoyable open day @bristolfolkhouse the fine weather bringing out the goodly people of the city in search of creativity and good cheer...and they found it. A day of enthusiastic conversation with some very nice people. Thank you all for dropping in to see us!

Forthcoming Bristol Folk House Anatomy Drawing Workshops

A couple of dates for your diary if anatomy drawing is your thing...

Anatomy - Basics  SA11  Sat 22nd March 2025

Anatomy - the Head  SA13  Sun 30 March 2025

Queen Square Bristol

 Exploring some of the early 18th century architecture around Queen Square in Bristol with the Urban sketching group at Bristol folk House. Lovely to take a closer look at the gentle slumping that occurs in just over three hundred years and an opportunity to justify those slightly less than straight horizontal lines on the drawing..

Church Halls

 A recent trip out to Winterbourne with a wad of paper and some pencils to consider the art of creating a nature journal. As ever the delights lurking in so many a wayside church hall can never be underestimated. Where else would you chance upon an experienced guinea pig breeder to replace your own aging livestock or be chucked a delicious quiche and ratatouille come lunchtime? Chat with a ninety year old perhaps or indulge in some entertaining digression whilst trying to remember where you meant to be heading. Rest assured your church hall will probably have seen it all before over the decades. Perhaps I've dwelt too long in church halls and never progressed to the church service, but alas that's the magnetism of tea and buns...