PLEIN AIR & OBSERVATIONAL ART
RAIN OR SHINE, DAY OR NIGHT - I'LL BE THERE SKETCHING
● Sketching outdoors in front of my subject is a special and irreplaceable experience essential to my practice. It allows me to quickly and freely capture the essence of the subject and study it as closely as possible to get better at depicting it realistically.
● Much in the spirit of the Old Masters I then use some sketches to inspire large studio artworks.
Others are simply results of an irresistible urge to document a certain inspirational, memorable subject and the way it made life more interesting.
SWLA JOHN BUSBY SEABIRD DRAWING COURSE 2024
● I was selected to take part in the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) John Busby Seabird Drawing course and spent a week sketching various seabird colonies in Scotland in a group of wildlife artists.
● It was an incredible, unforgettable experience which has taught me so much. Thanks to my talented tutors and peer feedback I have grown more confident than ever in outdoor sketching and experimented with new media, most notably watercolour.
Observing the seabirds and other wildlife, such as bottlenose dolphins and minke whales, was magical and left me buzzing with ideas for new work and a desire to develop my new plein air skills further
SWLA JOHN BUSBY SEABIRD DRAWING COURSE 2024
Group exhibition at the end of the course
