Last Night Jack Frost Painted Ice Patterns On The Skylight.

Last night Jack Frost painted ice patterns on the skylight.

It's the first frost of 2024.

I'm in awe of the skill, to get those darks so luminous. It's magical.

no i will not stop drawing david tennant’s nose. thank you

This drawing was directly inspired by a photo by @robertpallesen. It was a black and white image of coiled wires and cables hanging against a wall. When I saw it my fingers itched to draw my interpretation of it and Robert kindly gave me the go-ahead.

I rarely use any real images for my drawings because I find it daunting and inhibiting but when I do, I spend a few minutes looking at the image and absorbing it, as a whole and zoomed in to smaller areas. Then I put the image out of sight and draw the ‘feel’ of the image from memory. Working this way opens a portal to my subconscious and removes the pressure of re-producing a realistic copy.

Mother Nature is beautiful even on a dreary January day.

It was cold and drizzly but after hours of sitting at the computer I had to get outdoors. I yomped up a hill to get warm and at the top, with heaving lungs and hammering heart, saw a puddle with exquisite reflections.

A small, abstract pencil drawing. I draw these last thing at night right before I get into bed.

This one has a sci-fi feel to it. Is that a helmet at the top?

I use a 6B pencil because I love the really dark lines it makes and the powdery-ness of the graphite.

A small, abstract pencil drawing. I draw these late at night just before I get into bed.

I never know what I’m going to draw. I simply make a mark and see what happens. This looks to me a bit like a fossil… or maggots having a feast!