MHBD's Blog

We rented a lovely house on a small vineyard near Cromwell. It was gorgeous, so much space for just the two of us. And a wonderful garden. I...

Some days, I sketched more than others. I didn't sketch at all the day we went to Mount Cook. I would have needed a lot more time than w...

Next stage of our trip - Akaroa - lovely town, could have sketched all the beautiful old and new houses, but sketched the hills and sea inst...

So much to talk about, and yet I can't find the words. New Zealand was amazing. Loved waking up every day to birdsong. My favourite bein...

It was extra fun to have Suhita and Nina posing for this session of Pencils4tea! And Kirsty too of course!

I've been painting rocks, stones and mountains for the last few months. But now, of course, I feel the pull of water vapour, clouds, wav...

 Dublin Sketchers Christmas party. Not sure I can blame the jetlag.

From a close-up photo of a stone with lichen and what I believe are veins of quartz. I think it's those white veins that make the mounta...

This is an ongoing experiment in layering with watercolour, gouache and collage, plus some oil pastel. How far can I go to recover something...

I get too attached. Even on-location scribbles that I was planning to cut up and collage. In the end, I liked some of them too much. So ende...