TRICIA JOHNSON

I’m dabbling with YouTube at the moment. My ‘IT/ Media department’ is currently working on a little video opening title and close for my...

#March meet the maker; set up by @joannehawker in 2016, this is a yearly event on Instagram. Follow the hashtag (*see below) to see loads of

I have just finished updating the Allegory/ Narratives in Art resource page, ready for our new topic after half term! (Weekly Drawing and...

The 20:20 print exchange (via Hot Bed Press ) was established in 2009, to exchange work from various printmakers in one studio. Studios all over the UK (and the rest of the world) now recruit multiples of 10 printmakers to take part. Each printmaker produces an edition of 25 prints, 20x20cm in any print medium. Each printmaker’s edition is distributed between the 10 ‘Home’ studio participants and 10 others studio printmakers. 4 prints go the studios and the last 1 goes on tou

More about sketching on holiday and the equipment I use. My last post I gave you a little overview of sketching and developing a sketching routine. This post I’d like to tell you about our recent 5 day break to the Isle of Wight (https://www.visitisleofwight.co.uk/), which is very close to us and great for a short break and a bit of sketching. I decided to use a concertina sketchbook I’d bought from Seawhites ’ (I like to pop into their factory shop, but you can buy online f

I thought I’d write this post, as I know a lot of my students always intend to sketch while they are on holiday. But as most of us know our sketchbook, pencils and ‘travel’ paints just stay in our case! Over the past few years I have made a point of sketching every day (almost) of my holidays. Over the summer (during my break from teaching) I challenge myself to sketch every day, no matter what. The first few days (sometimes weeks) are terrible, but once I get into it I star

The weekend started with a demo and explanation of how to make our collagraph plates. Then came sketching, designing and plate making....

Reduction lino printing weekend workshop