Racing Lines
Art by Maxine Dodd
Drawing August: Virtual lines
It’s Drawing August time, a celebration online of all things drawing…see more
Drawing August: Fingerprints and all!
Drawing August #2 Pastel is possibly the purest form of painting – we work with pure pigment and little else! See more…
Drawing August: Especially Espresso
It’s Drawing August time, a celebration online of all things drawing…see more
Thursday #3 – Green aprons
Clap for our carers, Thursday evenings 8pm
Hospital – 3
More drawings capturing NHS at work, see more…
Thursday #1 – ‘Resus is a high level PPE area’
The initiative to clap for carers officially came to a close last week – so I wanted to offer a gesture of support to everyone providing continued, dedicated service by publishing a picture on Thursdays at 8pm, the time we all came out to clap. This image is a study drawing, made in oil pastel and ink, of doctors and nurses entering resus through…
Hospital – 2
At the start of the Lockdown, the BBC were allowed to film the staff and patients at the Royal Free Hospital in London, a huge hospital that specialises in contagious diseases. The resulting footage was made into two special programmes called, ‘Hospital’ which were broadcast on Monday and Tuesday – Week 8 of Lockdown. The drawings and paintings shown here are based on images…
Hospital
It’s hard to know where to begin… what a time it has been and will continue to be. Everything turned upside down. Tranquility where there was turmoil, confusion where there was certainty. Every news bulletin brings a new story and a new facet to the crisis. At the beginning of the year, my mum was admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary and subsequently the Glenfield…
Still life on kitchen table
I made these pictures in the kitchen, after arranging some of my Mum’s flowers in a vase on the kitchen table. I liked the look of them against the white table top, so I decided to set up and draw them there. The table top was soon cluttered with my water pots and paints, along with the fruit bowl which lives there anyway, which…
Spring cleaning…
It’s been a while… but I’m getting ready. I recently came across these photos of two drawings I made in our garden…I am not quite sure where they are in my studio so it’s time for a little Spring cleaning, followed by some gardening and definitely pastel drawing outside… Have a lovely weekend! 🙂
Sunshine inspiration…
In January, there is nothing better than reminders of sunny days. Looking through some of my pictures made in Mallorca brings back good memories and inspiration for the year ahead…can’t wait! Wishing you sunshine inspiration too…
Happy New Year!
Wishing you the best for the year to come – have fun, health and happiness!
