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Recently, I have taken a trip to Lancaster. I have been greatly interested in the Roman Baths remains that are located there. Unfortunately, my trip was rather disappointing. Although, I enjoyed the Maritime museum and the Lancaster Castle tour, the one thing that I was anticipating, turned out to be no more than a poorly secured and directed to, pile of stones. The rain on that day didn't help. Here are a few selected photographs from the day out.

It's interesting how much of my time I spend doodling. I could be answering the phone, watching a movie, reading a magazine or just getting bored. My right hand will automatically start drawing circles, squares, flowers etc. Apparently a large percentage of British population doodles while being on a phone. Where does it come from? I'll have to find out. Here's a little doodle that changed into a Shakespeare portrait, while I was reading London Book Review magazine.

                                                                      source For a long while I was thinking about creating a mural for a door in my house. Designing a mural is an exciting and yet a stressful task, as you want to fit so many objects and colours onto a limited canvas. My canvas was locked in 198 cm x 76 cm. I wanted to have something of a sea in the design. Catching myself watching 'Maudie' , a movie about Canadian folk artist, Maud Lewis, I took inspiration from the simple colour palette and layout.   My designs    All three of the designs had their appeals. I enjoyed #1 for the boat and great blue space planned in the center, yet #3 caught me with the sway of the lines of its lands. However, it was #2 that I thought to bring a balanced spread of scenery. I decided to stay with the minimal colour palette of primary and secondary hues and shades, particularly enjoying the spots of white throughout.     Finished mu

Last month I have been able to attend the creative event celebrating the Art School of Stockport College. You can read more about this night right here 🔼.  At the end of the evening, we had the opportunity to take part in portfolio reviews meetings.  I had the chance to talk about my work with Chris Madden 🔼 , a Salford-based illustrator. Our talk started with a few questions that I wanted to ask him in regards to being a full-time illustrator but at the same time working from home while taking care of a family. Majority of freelancers work from home studios, where a family is a constant presence. Here are a few points from the first part of the review: - having an agent allows for more practical work time i.e. less admin work, less promo work and no need to find clients on their own; - make sure that you are showing yourself to others, email magazine directors, publishers and art galleries; - create a consistent portfolio, get multiple pdf. portfolios, each for a

 Last Tuesday I had the opportunity of taking part in the exciting event, the 3rd Alumni Night of Stockport Art School. It included talks, advice, drinks and celebration for Stockport Art school students and alumni. The event was attended by graduates from the BA (Honours) and HND design programmes from years gone by with current creative students and invited for the occassion associates.   Stockport College has produced a number of art & design graduates. The ALUMNIGHT evening is a night of celebration and pride.  The night programme of Pecha Kucha presentations and informal talks covers the variety of work and practices from a range of alumni, who come from different design backgrounds. This year there were four presentations from: - Alicia & Meg , about their photography buisness; - Stephen C. Nuthill , who talked about his work as a Senior Producer; - Chris Madden , one of the most known illustration alumni; - Damyon Garrity , who presented a phase one of his

Recently I have had the opportunity to meet up with a friend from uni. After an hour of walking around Manchester, she took me to the Nexus Art Cafe in Manchester. Link to the website right here . I have to say that this is an amazing place. Good setting, a garden, loads of comfy chairs, good nibbles and warmth throughout the cafe. If not for the conversation that I had with her while drawing, I would have surely fallen asleep, it was that nice in there. :P