My Photography Stash

I take dozens and dozens of photographs, often with a view to using a shot, a perspective, or a detail. Here are some from Cambridge, Hastings, and elsewhere:

Watercolour Postcards

Recently I have been painting watercolour postcards for general sale, for £3 a card sent through the post. I enjoy creating them, and I am starting to build up a stock that I hope to sell in the Cambridge Art

Sold! Watercolour Notebook

This week I sold my portrait notebook, an unfinished Moleskine of the smallest size. I had restricted it to facial studies and life-drawing sketches, and I had some good feedback along with the sale. From now on I will be

Red Curtain Drapery

This is the white underpainting for what will be a wine-coloured or crimson painting. The idea is that when it looks good in white, I coat it with a crimson glaze and it looks just as good but far deeper.

Agents!

Recently I have finally felt I have enough work to send away to agents. My first polite refusal came back today. I am oddly proud of it – it means that I sent something off. I cannot expect immediate success,

Red Curtain

This is a thumbnail for a foot-square deep colour piece. The blue on blue image and its companions are popular, and a couple of people who have seen them have encouraged me to work on something deep red. I have

Watercolour Update

Of late, I have been watercolouring away, and here are a few of the highlights.