Another stunning sunset.

 

Ayrshire sunset

 

Getting creative

 Back as far as school, I've always thought I can't do art.  Every time I've tried something it's been bad to the point of putting me off sticking with it to see if it improves.
What I see in my mind doesn't translate to what my hands can create.

Over the last few years I've thought I'd give things a go again.  Drawing?  Not so good.
Painting?  Nope, even worse than the drawing.

For some reason I thought I'd try lino printing.  Why, I've no idea.  Never tried it at school, so had no preconceived notions of how bad I would be.
Turns out I'm not utterly shite at it.  I enjoyed the whole process of getting the image onto the lino and cutting it out, and finally the print itself.

So far I've done two different prints - a Chinese lucky waving cat, and a Hanged Man from the Tarot - and have been pleasantly happy with the results.  I kind of like how little imperfections add a bit of character to the prints.

Anyway here's my first two attempts at lino printing.

Waving Chinese cat

Tarot Hanged Man

We Are Obscure (and so it begins........ again)

Over lockdown pt1, I started carrying my camera out with me more, and taking pictures of things I noticed that I usually would just walk past and not see.  This has mainly been (but not restricted to) street art/graffiti.

I submitted one of my non-graffiti pictures to Claire - @so_she_smokes - and she picked it to appear in the first issue of her new quarterly zine Obscure Quarterly.  It's a superb collection of photography, poetry and short stories, and I'm proud to have one of my pictures included in it.

It will be out at the end of the month, but I strongly recommend keeping an eye on her Instagram account, and picking up a copy, when it comes out.  A great read, and it's been put together with a lot of care and thought.  It just looks great too.