Gargoyle amongst red tulips, 10th April

This was another tricky plant drawing. The main problem was that the last of the light was hitting everything from … More

Unfurling Ferns, 10th April

What I am really enjoying about sketching with my phone (a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 if you are interested) is … More

Percy’s afternoon ablutions. I can’t help but be impressed at a creature that can lick its own spine!

As I said in my previous post, the Viking exhibition was short on cats. This is an inaccuracy I feel … More

Went to the British Museum. Short on cats in the Viking exhibition but upstairs was a very entertaining storyteller.

There were strange men in the house today, moving things and making noise. The cat food bowls had to be … More

Rachel is not a cat, but in the morning she will be gone and there will still be cats…

Blackmore Farm is rather more stunning than the name would imply: it is a 15th century manor house, complete with … More

I thought I’d have another go at drawing the chickens, but then it started to rain, so I went inside … More

In the background is gunnera just coming up, underplanted with tulips: the prehistoric and the refined, side-by-side. An unusual combination, … More