Creative Blackpool Breakfast Meeting.
Recently I was asked to paint at the Blackpool Creative Network Breakfast meeting the results are at the end.
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Blackpool architecture
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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Why I draw and paint daily
If I don’t draw and paint every day I don’t know when I will. I started trying to teach myself to draw and paint properly in 2011, but it was a side project to help fill the walls of my pottery studio. And over 2011 and 2012 I would fill quite a few sketchbooks, especially
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Behind the Houndshill
Gone now but I can’t forget All these shops were demolished Now it is a car park A site of future development Buy Here Behind the Houndshill Or what used to be there This block still feels so familiar to me despite being gone for a number of years, and I still consider Beatties being
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Blackpool Burger Bar
Blackpool Burger Bar Burgers, Donuts, Fish and Chips Blackpool is a hive of activity, selling food to holiday makers along the seafront is a lucrative business. every space is taken up between food and B&Bs and even entertainment. Original A4 watercolour painting with drawing in ink and posca markers. This screams Blackpool Lots of
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Bispham Kitchen Fish and Chips
North Blackpool Start of the illuminations Plenty of people get food here Before walking through the illuminations Buy here Bispham Kitchen Fish and Chips The Start of the Illuminations At the north end of the illuminations, plenty of people stop here grab fish and chips and then walk through the tableaux section of the illuminations
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Sketchbook Adventures The Stone Grill
Sketchbook Adventures The Stone Grill More Blackpool architecture that overlooks the seafront. I enjoy working quickly especially as this paper absorbs ink, especially if you hold the pen still even for a fraction of a second. It can be a fun challenge working fast enough whilst still retaining the readability of the sketch. This drawing
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Golden Mile Amusements
Golden Mile Amusements A stones throw from Blackpool’s golden sands The Golden Mile in Blackpool lies between the Pleasure Beach in the South with the South Pier past all the amusements, the Blackpool Tower and finishes at the North Pier. This stretch is Golden because it is where all the foot traffic is and you
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Pat’s 10p Bingo!
Golden Mile Attractions Carousel We’ve Got It Central Market Buy Here Pat’s 10p Bingo! We’ve Got it on the Golden Mile I love how blocks of buildings can be so different in Blackpool, all built at different times to different specifications, and some going through a variety of transformations over the years. They don’t fit