I recently had the opportunity to attend the session on Being Led by Young People with the inspirational Yumma Hussen, Mahnoor Kamran, Dev Sharma and Kwesia, City Girl in Nature. I was blown away by the energy, determination, wisdom and love for life of these young people. I could have listened for a long time […]
Without community, there is no liberation.
Audre Lorde
May 9th, 2022
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Preparatory sketches for my feminist re-imagining of the myth of Leda and the Swan.
I never thought I could draw anything 100 times, but in the end I really enjoyed experimenting with tools and materials. I made a slideshow – visualising my process and its twists and turns.
Working away on my Lena and the Swan project. Here are some preparatory sketches in a range of media.
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity
T. S. Eliot
April 4th, 2022
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What happens when you mix watercolour, black ink and serendipity.
April 2nd, 2022
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More exercises from my great online watercolour course.
As the world goes to hell in a handbasket, and the bad news just multiplies, I got out into plein air to sketch and get out of my overthinking, worrying head. Sometimes I packed my painting bag, but sometimes it was just my little sketchbook and an HB pencil. Working with black fineliner and colour, […]
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
Cesar A. Cruz