Crows

The crows are nesting in our chimney again, I can hear them chuckling through the wall.

Easter primroses

Primroses in full bloom for Easter in Manchester gardens

Crocodile workshops using clay

60 hungry clay crocodiles created last Monday afternoon! Had great fun leading an artist-workshop for enthusiastic and imaginative Year 3 children at Pikes Lane Primary School, Bolton, as part of their Arts Week.
Used air-drying clay, pipe-cleaners, feathers, sticks, cardboard and scrapstore materials....plus plenty of inspiration from Roald Dahl/Quentin Blake's 'The Enormous Crocodile'. The feathers are from the Roly-Poly bird, who just escaped the crocodile's jaws in the story.

More character development with clay

Badger character

alpine goat character

Mice, frogs and hedgehogs

Developing my linework with some animal characters - harvest mice, frogs and hedgehogs.

Character development using clay: Hoink

Using clay to develop character of Hoink

Slip-trailed lettering

Practising lettering with slip-trailer made from old bicycle inner-tube, bulldog clip, biro-tube, elastic band and perseverance.