After over 6 months of gloom and doom, with cancelled demos and workshops, I am absolutely delighted to be able to announce an actual, live workshop-the first in a series-in a new (to me) venue!!!

This well established place looks amazing, the reviews are excellent, and I cannot tell how much I’m looking forward to this( especially the home cooked lunch, which is included in the cost). The first date is in November, with a second in December, and three more pencilled in for next year.

Here’s the link to book:

https://www.quirkyworkshops.co.uk/paint-paper-print-workshops/buildings-in-the-landscape

and here’s a photo of the venue itself-looks idyllic, doesn’t it?…I can’t wait….

Morning. I had a few requests as to where the online drawing demo I did during the depths of lockdown had disappeared: folk had tried to find it, but it seemed to have disappeared! Turns out that an expiry date had been applied to it(mistakenly) -this has now been rectified, and you can now access it via the link below.

Once you have a ticket, you then have lifetime access to the video, so you can follow along, pause it as you see fit, or rewind to listen again to my dulcet tones and erudite commentary. 🙂

Here’s the link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/copy-of-online-line-and-wash-workshop-over-the-wall-with-john-harrison-tickets-117972297317

…and here’s the finished drawing-with-colour

Regular readers might like to know that I’ve just uploaded a new video to my Youtube channel-it’s the second stage in a line drawing/watercolour demonstration. The first stage is/was a very quick and loose pen drawing, highlighting the different ways to achieve loose, lively lines- you can find that one on my channel too.

I’ll be finishing the series off with part three in a couple of days- this will be the fine tuning bit: using more pen lines to help differentiate between the various components in the scene. meanwhile, enjoy this new clip, and please, please do let me know if there’s anything specific you’d like me to demonstrate – we’re still a long way off resumption of ‘normal’ in-person workshops, so I have plenty of time to try out different techniques and methods, in between planning and writing a new Line and Wash ‘How to’ book…

oh, dear- did I say that out loud?

Here’s the video link.

In a shameless act of blatant marketing and self promotion, I’m delighted to announce that my 2021 calendars have just arrived from the printers and are now available to purchase on my Etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/850412401/a4-wall-calendar-for-2021-one-month-per

I’ve had a few messages from folk that they have trouble navigating the Etsy site, so if you’re one of those, I’ll be more than happy to help-just send me an email- john@drawninyorkshire.com and we can do it that way.

Here’s a photo of the actual calendars-the eagle-eyed among you might spot that the cover design is slightly altered from the one I posted earlier….

I’ve finally reached a point where I’ve finished all the commissions I had, and I have a few days’ grace, which is allowing me the time to crack on with my calendar artwork for next year. I want to have them ready for the first week in August, so I really need to get on with it.

Here’s a quick picture of the cover and one of the pages…what do you think so far?

I’m really happy to be able to announce that the 2020 edition of drawings from my sketchbooks of the last year is now available to purchase: I rejected the first delivery from my printers as they weren’t up to the usual quality, but delighted that the (just delivered) reprint is fine.

I’ve listed them on my Etsy shop- easiest to order them through this link:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/730568917/twentytwenty-new-drawings-from-my?ref=shop_home_feat_1