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  • Still

    Still

    I love my studio. I love it. An oasis of calm. An escape. A room of my own, sort of. I’m using one arrangement and trying out various media to remind myself of how they ‘feel’. Yesterday I used marker pens, a first for me. Previously I used pencil and charcoal. Next up will probably…

  • Back to the drawing board

    Back to the drawing board

    I’ve been stepping up my drawing and artwork and now I’ve got some designs printed as panels to make cushions with. Like?

  • Antique

    Antique

    Mr Ant played Stitchopolis last night. Brilliant gig although I felt my age – the audience was the blue rinse brigade but quite literally!!

  • Culture vulture

    Culture vulture

    Now, I don’t pretend to be all over lives literary, musical or artistic but tonight I revived a sliver of myself by going to the opera. God, it was marvellous – like a bath of milk and honey. Not a world renounced venue but who cares…it was marvellous.. I felt light. Worth a song.

  • The road less travelled

    So, part two of my story…I’ve gone and got me a studio and I’ve started reviving my drawing and artistic tendencies after a career of science and financial services. At 18 I chose science, now I’ve gone back and taken the other fork. The picture above is my first studio sketch. It was so lovely…