I’m familiar with Liquitex, I use their acrylic gouache from time to time but not the ink for more than a few years. I’m not familiar with Zig sumi as I’ve never used it. I shall try some of the acrylic inks I […]

It’s a headscratcher and I’m going to have to try that for myself now if I can as I really cannot fathom it. What make of inks are you using?

If it’s the same ink from the same bottle it shouldn’t make any difference if you’re using a pen or a brush. It’s either formulated to be waterproof or it isn’t. I honestly cannot think of a single reason why what […]

I thought you looked familiar.

Big snitch.

I dislike the ‘cosy crime’ term too but I can’t think of any other way to describe this particular sub-genre of crime fiction.

I have friends who have seen their livelihoods as illustrators and graphic artists seriously impacted already. They have experienced a downturn in enquiries and a loss of previous longterm business arrangements. […]

Careless People is one of those rare reads for me in that I laid it aside and didn’t finish it. I had read around two thirds of it when my growing dislike of the author made continuing with it impossible for me. […]

Sure do.

Mine is made from the finest green.

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Art is a singularly human persuit. Artists will undoubtedly use AI and simply see it as another tool to be manipulated towards their individual creative ends. Artists push at boundaries, or at least the truly […]

Are you sure you don’t mean Tetsing?

Look on the bright side it could have been ‘poop’.

Emmylou Harris. Willy Nelson. Dolly Parton.

“Our House is a very, very, very fine house…” Should be fire bombed.

Andy Williams. Janis Joplin. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band. The Jackson 5. The Chi-Lites. The Bee Gees. Redbone.

One more guess…The Moody Blues?

1960’s you say…hmm…is it The Nice?

Yes or The Pat Metheny Group.

I was shocked it wasn’t the lead story on the BBC or Channel 4 news.