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Acomb in a few Sketches

Acomb in a few Sketches

My sister celebrates her birthday in June – a great reason to head south to Acomb to celebrate together and to sketch some of the familiar sights of the village where I grew up. Dad used to grow peonies in the old place in Hobgate Acomb has a strong sense of...
Step Inside for some Tolbooth Art!

Step Inside for some Tolbooth Art!

Let’s have a look around the Tolbooth main gallery area at ground level. The side windows face up the length of the High Street and it’s worth taking a look in every few days as work is sold and new art brought in. Beautiful wooden bowl by Willy Watson,...
The Sound of the Clyde

The Sound of the Clyde

From the doorstep The best thing about our new home here in Scotland, is stepping outside our back door. From here, the rush of the mighty River Clyde is carried up the sides of the valley where it never fails to take my breath away, make me stop whatever I’m...

Sketching Fractures, Artists, Whisky and Song

It’s Sketch Book Skool time of year! I have signed up to six weeks of ‘Stretching’ with Jonathan Twingley as our first teacher and it has given me a timely nudge to loosen up away from my formal architectural drawings.  So, as a change from streets,...