Author: Ink Nature

This has taken a really long time to draw, to stipple, possibly the longest I’ve ever spent on one piece. Every time I would come to sit in front of it I’d have to switch off the normal-life mind and slip back into art mind. I could slow down and step into my little world…

Finally my planted bulbs have grown and are flowering, and I couldn’t be happier. It’s not a major feat and in today’s world where everything feels so volatile, a flower isn’t worth much mention. But, when I read the news, I am so happy and privileged to be able to walk outside into my messy,…

Here’s a quick silverpoint portrait of one of my cats, May. I tend to refer to her as my desk goblin because she will never let me sit alone at my desk. Which is fine by me. She has a few locations. First she has her basket, which is pretty comfy, padded with cushions. Then…

This drawing has been a bit of a journey. It started as a goat drawing originally, then I thought a goat and a sheep might be a good pairing (I read a parable that left me a bit confused, so I wanted to sit with it for a while.) Then after I finished drawing the…

Here’s my latest ink and collage drawing. It’s from the bougainvillea plant, with collage from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was schmincke watercolour washes, dip pen & Art Spectrum black ink. This week I’ve picked up a bottle of walnut ink (Daniel Smith) for my next drawing, the brown…

This drawing reminds me that over time, we can choose to look back on the past with gratitude regardless of its faults. What went wrong in the past is just a pathway to new understanding and growth. The plants in this still life were from my old garden, I didn’t fully appreciate them while I…

This was drawn on Procreate, using stippling technique which my old ipad struggled with towards the end. It took a lot of patience to get it done, and that’s not because of all the dots but because of all the ipad crashes! Ha! It was drawn as a gift for a loved one who is…

This ink and collage drawing is a hung bunch of flowers from my garden. It’s a subject that still appeals to me, there’s a concept I’ve been allowing to develop over time and it’s always reflected in botanical subject like flowers, stems, leaves etc. The fragility of life’s process, how we age and change, how…