All the Little Things — artist process

In Autumn last year I was asked to do a painting of Norland Moor. Even though it is quite nearby I had never been. I think I went at the best time as it was dressed in coppers against cool grey skies. I did some sketching and took lots of photographs to work from for my painting. The grasses really appealed to me and they looked so peaceful blowing in the wind. There were lots of intriguing paths scattered through them.. This photograph was my inspiration for my final painting. I turned the colours up a bit, particularly in the...

It has been a long time since I have drawn a moon in pen, so the other week I did! I drew it with a view to screen printing it. I have been mulling over how to draw a crescent moon with some kind of circle background as I really loved the sphere motif. I started sketching, not really sure how it would turn out.. I knew the circle in the background would need to be dark, but I still wanted some detail. This would prove tricky to print but I didn't know that for sure yet. My first attempt...