Putting the div in individual - who started an owlet drawing in need of portrait format space with the sketchbook sitting landscape because the spiral binding was irksome then filed it in the ‘Argh, cheesed off, file it out of sight and find it years later’ pile …
#talesfromthefilemarkedartbloopers

Seed heads.

Botanical lines.
Fineliner sketching. Focused observation, lost in the flow. Bliss.

Stanes, stacked.
West coast of Scotland.
White pen on Clairefontaine paper.

Whin.
White pen on blue Clairefontaine paper.

Moorland.
Texture medium and watercolour. Palette knife, quick brush marks, wet on wet en plein air in drizzle.

Wooden print block G.
Charcoal on paper.

North shore.
Continuous line drawing.

Field boundaries.
Ink and watercolour.

Hostas.
Watercolour, gouache and ink.

Teasels.
Charcoal and white pastel on paper.

Preparatory drawing.

Spoots. Thriving in West Coast of Scotland coastal trust zone.

Reference sketches, charcoal-making class in woodland.

Aengus doesn’t wander alone.

Charcoal on Hahnemühle watercolour paper.