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So, I picked up the toddler from nursery tonight and we were at home making paper chains just before bathtime, and my husband’s talking about the Christmas party at nursery tomorrow. “Do you want to wear your Santa outfit or your bee costume?’ he asks, innocently.
“No, Daddy! I want to wear a SNOWFLAKE costume”.
Uh. Right.
I’m […]

In a recent post, I expounded on one very good reason for drawing, but it occurs to me that I haven’t fully explored the many and varied reasons why people put pen to paper.
As with most things in life, I’d expect that most people who draw regularly have not just one clear reason, but a […]

We’ve moved to new offices at work, and one of the things I’m enjoying most is the view. Effectively, much of the building is a huge glass box; we’re on the top floor, and it’s a bit like being suspended in the sky above the city.
Idly staring out of the window during a phone call […]

Helena at Little Sketches tagged me in a meme. Thanks Helena! It’s quite exciting because I don’t think I’ve ever participated in an art meme before - and yet, they are perfect Draw Anyway fodder, being a source of inspiration and a motivation to complete a drawing, all in one. The trickle-down effect also means […]

Rudimentary bed sketch
An early comment on a Draw Anyway post went along the lines of:
You’ve covered how to draw, where to draw, and when to draw, but not why to draw.
That person (hi, Sarah!) went on to say that she couldn’t really draw, and was quite happy that way.
Well, fair enough, I thought, […]

Draw Anyway is based on the principal that whether or not you can find the time, whether or not you think you can, you should put pen to paper and see what happens.
However, even I have to concede that there are not unlimited hours in the day. I have recently been given an excellent opportunity […]

No art post today since during my normal slot for writing, I was swanning around sipping wine at the Brighton Web Awards. Rather too much wine if truth be known, but you can’t blame me: everyone was at it! The speeches got slightly more raucous as the evening went on.
The arts category was given […]

 
Things Fall Apart by Martin Symons
 
I guess our parents just hammered the lesson home a little too firmly: we don’t draw on walls. Well, of course we don’t. It costs money to paint and decorate, so naturally we want it to stay nice. Here’s a question, though: could it look that little bit nicer, and […]

Many of you will already have seen this, since I have already posted it on my personal blog, but this is my entry for the Observer/Jonathan Cape graphic story competition. As it’s hosted on Draw Anyway, it seemed sensible to provide a link for anyone who might be interested to see it. It’s called Seaweed […]

I met someone recently who used to work as an illustrator for an advertising agency back in the Sixties. He’d turn up for work at nine in the morning, and spend the day churning out pictures of consumer goods such as kettles, sofas, and battery rechargers.
Did he ever stop to think about his technique, whether […]