At The BM, 8th April

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

A portrait sketch…

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

4 out of 6 of Arthur’s seedlings are up! He feels it may be helpful to the others to keep … More

Percy in his beloved beanbag…

It’s really quite hard to draw chickens, they never stay still and they don’t even stay nearby for long once … More

Arthur has been busy bringing on the seedlings in his mind.

In a fit of optimism, I planted some courgette seeds and put them on the propagator. Arthur has mixed feelings … More