

Craft stall
The Friends of Lymm library craft group raised £104 today for the Sanctuary cafe, selling knitted items like flowery hair accessories and...


Easter eggs
The egg was a widely used symbol of fertility and restoration, before Christianity. Early Christians adopted it as a symbol of the...


Draw a Bird Day - April 8
In 1943, during World War II, a seven-year-old girl named Dorie Cooper visited her uncle, who was a wounded soldier in hospital in...


Viburnum
The bushes are covered in clusters of tiny white flowers. Sketched in biro and watercolour crayon.


Cherry blossom
Worth the wait - the cherry blossom is spectacular now. Sketched in pen and ink.


Sancreed
Today artist Joy Ting introduced me to the work of Richard Diebenkorn, 1922-1933, known for colourful abstract landscapes. She...


Playing with paint
I made some outlines with a squashed cardboard tube and filled them in with watercolour paint.


Wabi Sabi
I really enjoyed having a go at Wabi Sabi today. Wabi is about recognizing beauty in simplicity. Sabi is concerned with the passage of...


Creative Warm up exercise
I really enjoyed this exercise, suggested by artist Angela Fehr as part of this year's Sketchbook Revival event. The idea is simply to...


Palm Sunday
Today the Sanctuary cafe celebrated its fourteenth birthday with an Easter theme. Children made paper donkeys and palm leaves, based on...