Circle studies

I was rather excited to receive this little package in the mail from Jade. I even put off the opening until I had time to set up my camera and document it. Earlier this year, I proposed an art letter exchange as a bit of creative fun with two friends, Saan and Jade. Here is Jade's response to the little collection of drawings I had sent her. Jade included her original notes and small drawings which ended up being a series of experiments in texture using the motif of a circle. The works even smell like her. It reminded me of how I love seeing the working ideas and process almost as much as the final product. Thanks Jade!       

Art letter for Jade

This was an art letter I made for Jade over my Summer teaching break. I had photographed it months ago but had a few issues with my camera at the time. So here they are finally. 

Painting

Having time dedicated to painting and drawing is what I've been craving for the past few months but it has been so hard to fit anything else in apart from work and a little bit of play. As lucky as I am to have teaching as my day job, I've been desperate to have the time, energy and space to work on my own creative endeavors. I've been drawing and taking photographs in the Convent garden but I thought I would share an unfinished still life pencil drawing. At the moment, I love nothing more than sitting down with a pencil and working on tone and texture... oh have you seen Dane Lovett's beautiful still life paintings? He makes pastel colours that dreams are made of.