Monday 18th August – Sunday 24th August 2025
Got swimming this week, and I got to the gym for the ‘referral’ interview. The fiction writing and illustration stuff I was doing went well; and I put in some walks around the farm with the little guys. Kept up with my ‘live’ notes on Substack, and the septic tank got emptied and I also had ‘art material and supply use’ sessions, joining in ‘live’ with groups or independently.
I got back to writing this week and also had a couple of sketch sessions at Abbotsbury gardens and half a one at West Bay.
It’s been hot but I have been able to work outside.
I haven’t done any illustration practise or ‘people drawing’ this week – I just didn’t.
I closed doors to my websites last Autumn but now I am re opening for business as I get into the rewrites for the YA series and head back into that land of adventure.

Certainly hot enough this week! So far I have not practised much art at all beyond my illustrated diary that I call my As I Go where I add cartoons of the day ‘as I go’. Continue reading