Blackbird Nature Notebook

We went for a trip to our local biodynamic farm shops here in Sussex and a walk on Ashdown Forest, … More

New Sketchbooks; New Projects

I had some wonderful sketchbooks for Christmas, and a clutch pencil with sepia leads which is a joy to use. … More

Monday is the last day I will be posting any logbooks as I’m “closing the shop” until the New Year, … More

I adore willow catkins, and on my dog walks it’s great to see the bright lemon yellows stand out against … More

It has been such beautiful weather here over the last week or so, and I have found it so helpful … More

We have had snow here in Sussex, which is actually quite rare; I think 2009 was the last proper snowfall. … More

For these two I have tried to be a little more gestural in my technique. I am self-taught with gouache … More

I collected some twigs to paint on my walk, and the first one I tackled was the horse-chestnut, or conker … More

I’m watching out for ‘budburst’, that magical time when as the name suggests, the leaves burst from the bud and … More

For this journal entry, I decided to draw a bullfinch and some more alder twigs. I copied a male bullfinch … More