• I visited Garden Fields School in St Albans yesterday and had a lovely time there. It allowed me to spend a glorious, sunny afternoon on Sunday, visiting the Museum and the Roman remains, researching for an idea of mine.

    As I wandered around the deserted amphitheatre, I remembered visiting it some forty years ago. My big sister would take me off on the bus to do “Projects” to fill up the time on long summer holidays. One day we did St Albans.

    I hadn’t realised how leafy the place was. I went there a couple of times in my teens, but on Sunday it seemed really spacious. Most of the town were out enjoying themselves in the vast Verulam Park.

    And now it’s raining, so back to the drawing board!

  • videocamrostrum

    I was watching a friend of mine drawing recently, and I realised that there’s a lot to be learned by seeing how other people draw.

    So, I’ve decided to ad a new section to my website – Drawing School. I’m hoping it will grow in the direction that my visitors want. I’m hoping that people will email me with suggestions for things to draw and talk about.

    My video set up is very cranky at the moment, but it works so far – barring an accident with the lights at the end of lesson two! I can hardly see what I’m drawing as I have to peer over the top of the tripod while squeezing my hands underneath it. Can’t find much help online for recording this sort of video.

    I’ve learned a lot about white balance and manual focus already. If it becomes popular, I may see about upgrading the camera.

    It’s good fun doing it and I hope it proves to be useful. Enjoy! Click here to go to the page.

  • I met the Illustrator Sarah McIntyre on Tuesday. She emailed me to say she was envious of my shed. I suggested she should build one on the side of her building… she has! Sort of… check it out here!