Apr 22, 2021 | Lanark Heritage, Tolbooth Lanark, Uncategorized
Now is that a ‘wind up’ as in a coiled spring or a ‘wind up’ – as in your sails? With all the subtleties of the English language it’s easy to to get confused but here a ‘Wynd’ has yet another meaning – a narrow...
Mar 3, 2021 | Architectural Drawing, Scotland, Uncategorized
Doors might be closed but the windows of The Scrib Tree are free for all to look into when going for a stroll through Douglas. Level 4 lockdown here in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, sees many doors closed but people are finding ways to continue working safely within...
Feb 11, 2021 | Art, Painting,, Uncategorized
The Scrib Tree made quite an impression on our first visit: beautiful interior, locally-sourced food and outstanding artwork on the walls by Carol Taylor, who has her studio next door. It’s located in the ancient village of Douglas with records dating from the...
Jan 31, 2021 | Art, Painting,, Uncategorized
Sketched from Cockenzie sea shore Sometime last October I embarked on a course run by Paintbox tutor Owen Normand. I’ve been exploring ways to express the landscape where I live in the hope of being able to capture at least a fragment of how it feels to live...
Jan 19, 2021 | Burslem Heritage, Listed buildings, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent Conservation area, Uncategorized
Aquarius of Burslem can be found high up on the Wedgwood Institute on Queen Street, Burslem in the first alcove dedicated to the month of January. This is the month that shows a woman holding her infant – the symbolic infant new year with hand held high, gazing...
Jan 10, 2021 | Pen and ink drawing, Sketching, Uncategorized
The ground is hard, the air is cold and the year is brand new but I like to think of January as a time to be sowing seeds – seeds of ideas for the year ahead. I may be one of a minority who loves January here in the Northern hemisphere but apart from the cold,...
