Papery slices of orchard fruit

In the kitchen

Inspiring seasonal ideas and recipes

Wildlife takes flight from empty boxes

Recycling rain-softened cardboard, David Cemmick relies on decades of observation to create sculptures from nature, layer by layer

Botanical wall art

Capture the beauty of nature with these decorative clay plaques and storage pockets

Rule of thirds

Placing key elements in the centre is not always the best option and can create a lack of visual interest. A common way to organize pictorial elements is to geometrically divide the picture plane into

Pimm’s o’clock

BACK IN 2014, I EMBARKED ON A CREATIVE JOURNEy, taking some introductory classes on Prismacolor pencols and also charcoal. However, life happened, and I found myself taking a hiatus from serious drawi

Pick your own

Even a small country garden can contain an ‘orchard’ of trees and shrubs, so you can fill your fruit bowl with home-grown apples, pears, plums and more

In the kitchen

Inspiring seasonal ideas and recipes

Wildlife takes flight from empty boxes

Recycling rain-softened cardboard, David Cemmick relies on decades of observation to create sculptures from nature, layer by layer

Botanical wall art

Capture the beauty of nature with these decorative clay plaques and storage pockets

Rule of thirds

Pimm’s o’clock