If you're in Scotland, look out for a copy of today's Herald, I have an article in it! You can also read it online here:


(Thanks to Miriam Morris at Scottish Book Trust for setting that up. Find out more about the campaign and its progress at picturesmeanbusiness.com.)



Yesterday's #PortraitChallenge got me fired up to do some more pictures with actual paint. I've been doing a lot of digital work, and sometimes digital works best for me, but then I miss working with real paper in front of me the whole time. Here's a not-very-accurate self portrait, painted in watercolour, and when it was just pencil linework.