...STARTING OVER......

...........and so to work that I have been producing for my MA course - I suppose the hardest thing that I have found over the first six months is having to deconstruct my usual working methods......

Usually sketches are produced fairly quickly with pens and markers , as a direct response to the clients brief and in conjunction with the development of the plan . The work I am starting to produce is quite different , being slowly produced / labour intensive , with a variety of medium and some new techniques . I have come across a really nice range of fibre tip pens that remain completely stable under a water colour wash , and have discovered a fixative for ink-jet prints ! This might seem low-tech but it has opened up some new possibilities . I have to submit some evidence of work in progress by the end of May , so there should be some more work appearing on here shortly.

The work illustrated is ' The Vault Of The Forbidden Books ' , and there is another three or four hours work to be done on it yet...............and I have just worked out that it is the first in a series of 37. Better get on with it , then.............

...HERE COMES THE SUN.....

When Sky announced the arrival of their road racing team in 2010 , with a five year plan in place to win ' Le Tour ' , every other team smirked - it's not that easy................

Things have changed - Bradley Wiggins has just won the first classic of the season , the ' Race To The Sun ', Paris - Nice...the first winner from the Uk since Tommy Simpson back in the sixties .......and with things going to plan , and Cav in the team , whose to say the five year plan won't deliver ? Sky are now reckoned to be one of the top teams in pro-cycling now , so roll on this years Tour ........should be interesting .

..GOING TO THE END OF THE LINE......

....Well it's alright , we're going to the end of the line.............

........and following on from the last posting on the theme of techincal drawings , a quick thanks to Network Rail for uploading their historical archives onto the web ......a unique collection of drawings illustrating the development of the railway system and its infrastructure throughout the uk................bridges , tunnels , stations , its all here.

......a wondeful set of drawings -check out the full archives at www.networkrail.co.uk/virtualarchive/