“All ideas have a point of origin: they ferment and emerge from our minds, half-baked or fully-formed, in a wide variety of manifestations… the pen rules the pencileer these works are rarely finished or defined. Instead, they claim the place and space they inhabit…”
life drawing nexus art cafe//life drawing norther quarter manchester Went to the last life drawing session of the summer and started to think about creating a narrative in the drawings.  I feel I am getting more confident in abstracting the form and experimenting with scale.  I still would like to try a broader range of media, possibly outside of my sketchbook. drawings to follow….

life drawing

nexus art cafe//life drawing norther quarter manchester

Went to the last life drawing session of the summer and started to think about creating a narrative in the drawings.  I feel I am getting more confident in abstracting the form and experimenting with scale. 

I still would like to try a broader range of media, possibly outside of my sketchbook.

drawings to follow….

reflective journal mmu//mamaker_teacher day12/46 manchester Just returned from london - TATEbritain__TATEmodern // Brick Lane—_Portabello Market Seeing the scale of London in comparison to Manchester was really interesting and how different people use the city for different purposes.  There was a clearly defined style, function and asthetic to each area.  Different times of day would change the dynamic and purpose of the environment with the connecting thread of the TUBE holding the city together. I intend to explore the following themes following my london experience…..  …__— one 01 - FUNCTION  //  two 02 - SCALE  //  three 03 - SPACE  //  four 04 - COMMUNITY

reflective journal

mmu//mamaker_teacher day12/46 manchester

Just returned from london -

TATEbritain__TATEmodern // Brick Lane—_Portabello Market

Seeing the scale of London in comparison to Manchester was really interesting and how different people use the city for different purposes.  There was a clearly defined style, function and asthetic to each area.  Different times of day would change the dynamic and purpose of the environment with the connecting thread of the TUBE holding the city together.

I intend to explore the following themes following my london experience…..  …__—

one 01 - FUNCTION  //  two 02 - SCALE  //  three 03 - SPACE  //  four 04 - COMMUNITY

reflective journal mmu//mamaker_teacher day01/46 manchester i now have time i have built up a collection of drawings, photographs and abstracted compositions of manchester exploring what the city means to me as i return to my own personal work for the first time since i lived in edinburgh one year drawing to be followed by 46 days of creative engagement and reflection no full stops…

reflective journal

mmu//mamaker_teacher day01/46 manchester

i now have time

i have built up a collection of drawings, photographs and abstracted compositions of manchester exploring what the city means to me as i return to my own personal work for the first time since i lived in edinburgh

one year drawing to be followed by 46 days of creative engagement and reflection no full stops…

“to take a photograph is to align the head the eye and the heart it is a way of life”