I like to print lots of different versions of a picture, making it up as I go along, recklessly repairing lots of mistakes in a panic until, with luck, at least one comes to life. This gives me the same sense of spontaneity and connection to the subject.
I often use bright colours to try and capture the excitement and sounds of an activity that I love – music, dance, playgrounds, the seaside etc, but I also enjoy the empathy that comes with drawing and closely observing people and this forms the basis of most of my work and the source of ideas.
I am honoured to be a member of Reveal - a group of ten printmakers who all graduates of the excellent Hot Bed Press Complete Printmaker course. We exhibit regularly at various venues n the North West and beyond.
I also get great inspiration from a group of artists at the Saturday Art Club - run by Penny Skerrett at the Z Arts in Manchester and Agata Alcaniz' crazy Life Drawing Plus sessions at Studio Bee in Faraday Street on Tuesday evenings.
Be very disappointed. Take the results home and learn to hate them. Then, in a mixture of embarrassment, fondness and pity for something that took so much time and care and yet looks so ugly apply any measure available to beat it into a state that is fit to be seen.