Month: October 2020

A new YouTube demonstration

| John

Happy to announce I finally got around to filming a new demonstration for my YouTube channel-well, at least parts one and two-which are now live to view.

In the light of the continually evolving COVID situation, I’m resigned to the fact that, with a couple of exceptions, my usual calendar of demonstrations for art clubs and societies is unlikely to resume until next spring at the earliest: many clubs rely on village or church halls for venues, and for obvious reasons these aren’t available and won’t be for some time.
So, I have decided to set myself a target of a new YouTube video on a weekly basis. Logistically it’s not an issue, it’s the subject matter I could use some help with: if there’s anything specific you’d like to see demonstrated, please let me know and if it’s within my abilities I’ll be happy to do so.

Here’s the link to YouTube

More shameless marketing

| John

I never dreamed that the rumours that I heard at a workshop in early March would be true, and that we were about to enter a strange way of living that was like the plot of a science fiction novel, with restricted movement, deserted streets and shuttered shops.

Almost immediately, I resolved not to waste the vast amount of free time we’d all been presented with, and set out to find other activities to fill the void – after all, I could only (legally) walk our spaniel once a day!

What I did was to draw….every single day, often more than once, and in more than one sketchbook- I think I had at least 5 on the go. Looking through them now I can see a real progression, so I will carry on with the daily drawing: as I write this there is still no prospect of a return to any semblance of how we used to live.

I hope you enjoy this selection from the many I did over the strange spring and summer of 2020 – they’re in no particular order and with no captions other than dates on some – just the drawings as they appear in my sketchbooks.

The book is the same format as my previous publications: A5 landscape, on a nice matt paper, and as always, please let me know when you order if you’d like the book signed or with a handwritten message if it’s for a gift.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/868495336/lockdown-drawings-from-my-sketchbooks?ref=listing_published_alert

The fruits of a strange spring and summer 2020