Worbarrow Bay

Posted by on May 17, 2009 in Travel | No Comments

A beautiful walk from the ghost village of Tyneham, across M.O.D land – accessible most weekends after public pressure applied in the 70s – up to Flowers Barrow, then down into Worbarrow Bay.

Handpainted sign at Durlston Castle

Posted by on May 16, 2009 in Sketchbook, Travel | No Comments

Signs painted by local children on a hoarding around Durlston Castle; it used to be a restaurant, but now is undergoing restoration as part of the Durlston Project

Dorset promotion, 60s style

Posted by on May 16, 2009 in Sketchbook, Travel | No Comments

Every Day in May takes a photographic form over the weekend, as we are away walking on the Isle of Purbeck (in Dorset, and not technically and island). This detail is from a poster in the Corfe Castle railway station (a stop on the restored Swanage Railway) were we waited to board a steam train…

Doe

Posted by on May 14, 2009 in Sketchbook | No Comments

Lobster / Snobber

Posted by on May 13, 2009 in Sketchbook | 2 Comments

If the words Vomit, Flu, Deadline, and Lethargy had been some of those omitted from the Junior OUP Dictionary, I'd have done quite well these past four days of Every Day in May… I don't seem to remember them on the list though, so I get back in the saddle with Lobster instead. I used ...

Willow

Posted by on May 7, 2009 in London Life, Sketchbook | No Comments

Or is it a bit sea-weedy? Anyhow, this is two words in one; Willow and Parish. I discovered I belong in the parish of Angell Town, and that not only was stripped willow used to beat the bounds, but sometimes the heads of small boys too! And, yeah – I made it repeat pattern again…(couldn't ...

Oats and thus Porridge too

Posted by on May 6, 2009 in Sketchbook | One Comment

Well, exactly….!

Marzipan

Posted by on May 5, 2009 in Sketchbook | 2 Comments

Marzipan smells and tastes delicious (if you are so inclined) but is pretty underwhelming to draw until someone has made it into marzipan fruit or icing. However it did make me think of soft, cake-y colours and the latticework of pie crusts so here is a marzipan pattern instead… I quite like how the pattern ...

Newt repeat

Posted by on May 3, 2009 in Sketchbook | One Comment

3rd May and still playing with newts… This time using a newt on a leaf to make a repeat pattern… I'd like this on fabric to use to make a skirt.. Maybe in the blue or purple too! Time to visit Spoonflower?

Newt in a jar

Posted by on May 2, 2009 in Sketchbook | No Comments

May 2nd, and it's a newt in a jar!