Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
~Oscar Wilde

It’s amazing the things you can accomplish for just peanuts
Date
6 April 2025
Been trying to decide which textiles to bring to the table next. Was thinking about…
Function First
Date
4 April 2025
Picked up Affinity Publisher a while back, but like most good software, its bloody complicated….
I wanna be alone
Date
1 January 2025
Worked my way through the stages of grief. Acceptance has arrived and it’s time to…
No remorse, no regret
Date
28 October 2024
Next exercise is adapting an existing location / photo. Dunno why, but I was feeling…
Rocky road
Date
17 October 2024
Calling this one. I like the red line shift on the shadows, but it’s also…
This shit is bananas
Date
15 October 2024
Started the next Procreate landscape exercise last week. Where the first artist made do with…
Plein Jane
Date
3 September 2024
Since my foliage-foo weakness extends beyond basing, tried fiddling with plein air. Could have placed…
Studio dreaming
Date
21 July 2024
The coveted tiny window can only serve so many purposes. So what are the givens……
1 down, 2 to go…maybe 3
Date
20 July 2024
Words I never thought I’d utter – I am so fucking sick of CADD right…
Repetitio mater studiorum est
Date
29 May 2024
Some days you just need a little tactility. and a Hello Kitty ruler. The lavish…
DFI: Done enough
Date
28 May 2024
I finished the Drawing From Imagination course videos, but skipped the two-point exercise. I found…
DFI: Single point
Date
27 May 2024
Damn. Was an excellent choice for an exercise, and I could add more detail, but…
DFI: Skipping Ahead
Date
27 May 2024
I lost momentum with Brooke again. I started Drawing From Imagination, but I got bored…
Skullcap concept sketches
Date
4 May 2024
I didn’t redraw the markings when I exaggerated the shape of the caps, but I…