Glossop

Busy getting my degree in Flyin'  Kites.

John Dilnot

I was recommended this artist by my uni tutor at my last tutorial and oh my are they lovely! John Dilnot is a British printmaker and illustrator who produces mini artist books and box works as well as larger scale screenprints. I love his use of colour!

Thanks Sandbar!

Oh look I'm this Friday's Featured Artist on the Sandbar website! Sandbar is a lovely little pub really near my flat, they hold life drawing afternoons and film screenings and other such wonderful things, I'd definitely recommend it.

Flying Machines

Spent an afternoon drawing planes at the Museum of Science and Industry.

March at The Whitworth Gallery

After another afternoon of drawing old buildings around the University of Manchester campus, I dropped by the Whitworth Gallery for the first time in a while to see their newest exhibition, Cotton: Global Threads. 

The pieces I most fell in love with were Lubaina Himid's illustrated kangas. 

(The kanga  is a colourful garment worn by women and occasionally by men throughout Eastern Africa. It is printed cotton fabric, about 1.5m by 1m, often with a border, and a central part which differs in design from the borders. Kangas are usually very colorful and commonly feature a message often in the form of riddles or proverbs.) 

I also managed to catch the last couple of weeks of Dark Matters which was wonderful. My favourite pieces included were Paula Rego's super creepy and totally amazing etchings of famous nursery rhymes.