Autumn in a rush

Autumn came and went in a blustery rush.  The winds seemed in a hurry to tear the leaves from the trees. I decided it would be safer to take some photos of what remained of the golden display before it was gone

The Black Poplar

On November 4 I spent time drawing a very tall Black poplar tree. I used this to create my first park painting, gouache on paper. Later when I returned to take a reference photo of the distance I saw that its huge  sister tree had fallen during the recent storm. This was a foretaste of…

Getting started

As I like to work from my drawings, using photos as a back up I will be spending a lot of time sketching in the Park. The Elderberry tree in the next post is an example.

Launched in the park

My introduction to the public as Park artist took place on October 30 at a Well Being event taking place in the park that day. My pitch was in the little pavilion pictured below. I had a selection drawing equipment for people to try out  and I was soon surrounded by children sketching or just…

Artist in the park

October: The first thing I did when my proposal to be artist for Hotham Park was accepted was do a walk about with my camera. I will be sketching  and painting but also want have a photographic record documenting the changing seasons.

My year in the Park

Last year I had the idea of becoming Artist in residence for Hotham park. I want a locally focused art project and thought the green space in the middle of Bognor would be good. I’m new at this blogging so will be learning as I go so here is my very first post. I hope…