Walk three: Post Office to Post Office
Our walk from Post Office to Post Office along the Fleetwood High Street.
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Walk two: Fleetwood Libraries
We met outside of Healthier Fleetwood and walked up to Dock Street. The old Fielden Free Library once gifted to the town stands out with its Venetian Gothic Arches which were built in 1863. Unfortunately the listed Decimus Burton Building next door is falling down as the lintel has cracked. It stands alone in that
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Walk One: Fleetwood Docks
So we officially started the walks. The first walk was busy we met outside of Affinity Freeport and walked to the docks. I did a demo about colour mixing and then let everyone explore the boats in paint and wash. After an hour we walked over to Jubilee Quay. There was a lorry where I
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Interlude: Tram Sunday
2024 Tram Sunday in Fleetwood always good to see so many people out on the street.
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Part 3: Pivot
Things change despite my plans to keep just writing and painting about certain projects I now have to focus on something else for the foreseeable near future.
Part 2: Focus
How I intend to Focus down on my business. By looking at limited projects that I can flit between day to day.
Part 1: The Hardest Thing About Being an Artist
You see this is a thing they never tell you before you start. That is infinite possibilities can be paralysing, especially as no one here is imposing a deadline. I never had this when I was in design school the brief was usually really narrow, and the deadlines were short. For example one of my
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Commissions are Open
I take commissions all the time, from personal ones to business ones. I work in watercolour or acrylic depending on your preference. But they make an amazing unique gift. For things like Birthdays, anniversaries, house warming. Perfect for getting someone’s wedding venue painted with the dates they Tied the Knot. The cost does depend on
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What a(n academic) Year
So the academic year is officially over and it has been for a few weeks. I want to start this by saying if you are an Artist and you are interested in changing things, I would recommend the AA2A program, it has had a massive impact on my work and how I perceive myself and
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Exploring
Today is a lazy Sunday, I’m sitting with my family we have Netflix on in the background, and I am thinking about the last eighteen months since I started working on being a painter as well as a potter. It has been a journey of exploration, of finding myself. Though I have been drawing every