Visual & Written Communication
I'm always interested in the quick watercolour sketches that people produce and often envy their ability to produce loose, quick and good looking paintings with seeming ease. I struggle with that. Often, my paintings start loose, and then I load them up with detail as it goes on. Perhaps I don't work wet enough on... Continue Reading →
During Christmas 2024 I received a 48-set of Aedaga acrylic pens. I hadn't used pens like them before, the closest being the waterbrush pens I bought earlier that year. Not being familiar with them I wasn't sure how to use them or what to draw with them. So I ended up doing a quick test... Continue Reading →
A small series of black & white photos from a London trip earlier in the year. The first image is of the Emirates Air Line, the rest are sections of the Pontoon Dock DLR station. - - - Thanks for stopping by! Tom
On the second to last day in Jersey I visited Val de la Mare Reservoir. To my great surprise at one end there was a large dam holding back the water which provided multiple photography opportunities. Some of the photographs I took went back to my old minimal architectural style which I think the dam... Continue Reading →
It is a well known fact that to get blue skies in England is almost impossible during the winter and would usually be due to some witchcraft! This photography trip certainly looked as though it may continue the grey skies & rain routine in the morning after leaving the train. Thankfully, however the clouds cleared,... Continue Reading →
... the lights come out! It has been a couple of weeks since my previous photography trip and I was itching to get out into the open world again! For my latest trip I decided to go out during the darker hours to try and get some interesting shots of lit architecture & structures. I... Continue Reading →
A trip around Shadwell, an area of London I had never explored before, produced some interesting photographic opportunities. I walked mainly around the back streets, avoiding main roads as much as possible. The photographs are in keeping with my minimal theme, some of them providing quite strong colour variations. ... Continue Reading →
London has always fascinated me as a city. The intertwined mixture of old & new architecture can develop some strikingly complex visuals. I wanted to try and reduce this complexity down a notch, to deliver something simple & minimal whilst keeping the original detail and complex nature of the architecture. ... Continue Reading →
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