We have just returned from a couple of weeks holiday in Scotland. Not at all restful with two teenage sons and three Rough Collies but very ...

Since my last post I have had to say goodbye to one of my collies, Chelsey, who was only three years old. From start to finish her illness o...

Since my last post my son has had major heart surgery to repair coarctation of his aorta. We discovered he had the condition almost eighteen...

I have just attended the workshop that Canadian artist Dianna Ponting held in Lancashire, UK. Dianna is a lovely lady and a wonderful artist...

Another week of chaos in the Mason house, just when we had all recovered from the kitchen rebirth, the builders came to block pave the drive...

My torn muscle has kept me away from the computer for a while as I need to keep my leg elevated, so my blog has suffered, but the swelling i...

On Sunday I was showing Juno and Jorja at Bath Championship Dog Show under one of the top UK Judges. The showground was rather muddy and Jun...

I've just abandoned Norwegian Forest Cat 3, but I really should have done so a couple of days ago. Early on I realised the wall I had pa...

Because drafting film will not take many layers, initial colour choice is even more important than when using paper for coloured pencil wor...

With Jorja's continuing antics I have not been able to motivate myself to start any new artwork for the last few days. However, I had to...

I have had to put my painting slightly to one side due to organised chaos in the Mason household. Last week I had a new kitchen fitted and J...

I've come to the end of the Norwegian Forest Cat kittens painting, I made the deadline for taking it to be printed, just. I decided I ne...

Here are the next stages in the development of my painting. Once I started working on the second kitten I decided it needed more impact so I...

Here are the next stages in the development of my painting. Once I started working on the second kitten I decided it needed more impact so I...

Here are the next stages in the development of my painting. Once I started working on the second kitten I decided it needed more impact so I...

Here are the next stages in the development of my painting. Once I started working on the second kitten I decided it needed more impact so I...

Before I carry on with my kittens demo I thought I would share the Collies enjoying the first nice evening when they were playing in the gar...

After finishing my last NFC, I have decided to do a series of at least 4, so this is the next one. For these two kittens I decided to choose...

Poppy the Labrador is now finished and hanging on her owners wall, I didn't get chance to take a final photograph but her owners were pl...

For people who have never used drafting film, it is an exciting surface to try with coloured pencils. This is how I am working with it to pr...