I was in the newly refurbished Kelvingrove Café last Sunday for a bloody Mary and some sliders. Its been subtly designed with a great integration of its old original features. I did a picture of it over 4 years ago when it was derelict here
Its a lovely tiny post office and coffee shop in Port Bannatyne. I was painting outside for over an hour but was feeling the cold and came here for some shelter. A really welcoming place and although I didn’t have any coffee they really proud of the quality and way they serve it.
Still going through some odds and ends from the holiday. I was meaning to send these hand drawn cards from paris, but ran out of time so I’ll have to send them on from home! Its good fun doing them and since I posted them up to facebook have a few more to do as [...]
Back from a great wee holiday in Paris for a few days. As usual spent some time in some nice coffee bars and came across Malongo which had the best coffee while I was over there.
From a visit to Edinburgh’s Artisan Roast, it was good fun seeing the original shop from visiting the Glasgow branch. I was initially drawing quietly in a corner before I was found out, happily everyone was cool about it and showed my moleskine book around, friendly folk. I’ve been slightly changing my approach to drawing [...]
A study for a painting, I came across these handsome ducks in a farm on the Isle of Bute.
Took a bit of time yesterday at the Glasgow gallery of modern art to see a show by Nikki de Saint Phalle. It reminded me of the 90s when I first came up to Glasgow just when the art world turned more to concept art work and sculptures like these although really popular fell out [...]
I was really pleased to get this book in the post last week as well as being an honour to be part of it. Its strange how things come around, back in 2006 Danny’s book “The Creative License” and Dan Price’s “How to Make a Journal of Your Life” were the two books that inspired [...]
A visit to the friendly coffee shop Papercup on Glasgow’s Great Western Road. I was slightly expecting a cool trendy vibe but the folk there were really welcoming and put up with me drawing and taking pics. There is a real care taken to making their coffee I haven’t seen in many places and from [...]