Hearing a dull thud as something hits our ground floor windows is a frequent occurrence. I was alerted by a rather loud thud thump last wee...

  Nidara was the Hindi name – meaning Fearless – given   given to the female snow leopard cub born at Dudley Zoo. Sadly she died of a...

I paid a visit to Twigworth Hall last week to see the SWLA Five Decades Exhibition. It’s a display of members work organised to celebrate th...

I'm back in iPad mode and using Autosketch Pro6. This study of a Little Owl was made after a recent visit to  the International Bird...

After a wet Sunday visit with TWASI members I've  just made a second visit to try to sketch their newly born Snow Leopard cub. He prove ...

Members of  TWASI ( The Wildlife Art Society International )  members visited  Dudley Zoo last Sunday (23rd June 14) as part of the Society...

The young Blue Tits left the nest box last week. I was away from home so I missed counting them leaving. The nest box was clean - no unhatch...

I’ve been an keen admirer of Darren Woodhead. I first came across his work in James Busby’s ‘Drawing Birds’ then became finally hooked w...

For several years there’s been a nestbox fixed to an apple tree in the garden. It is a homemade job and blue tits quickly took to nesting ...

I handed my paintings in to the ‘Nature in Art Museum, at Twigworth. Nr. Gloucester yesterday.   The Museum is housed in a fine old mansion...

Years ago I bought a book which was part of a series of ‘Field Study Guides’ I was attracted by the dustcover which was covered with lin...

Last Sunday's Countryfile programme contained a short feature about an old Somerset papermill. The presenter had collected some wild flo...

I’ve just received the Summer 2013 issue of ‘Birds’ the RSPB magazine. Filled as ever with stunning photographs; there’s a particularly attr...

This is a painting I'm planning to show in June. I've used acrylic on 300gm Arches Not. I'm feeling more at home with using acry...

I've neglected posting to the blog recently having been preoccupied completing work before the submission date for Ludlow Art Society...

John Ruskin was regarded by Kenneth Clark - former Director of the National Gallery - as one of the finest watercolour painters of the late...

One thing leads to another! I came across an article about David Hockney's iPad paintings in the Daily Telegraph app and discovered he ...

This is another iPad painting of the Hobby this time using Sketchbook Express. I'm trying out different iPad drawing apps to find one wh...

I was disappointed with my first iPad sketch made with Sketchbook Ink. I was working from a line and wash sketch and I lost my way somewhat....

This painting has taken a long time to reach completion. It was developed from preliminary studies that were the subject of previous blogs. ...