Author: Emma Butler
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Choosing from the New Derwent Drawing Range
Derwent has recently released much-awaited additional colours for its Drawing Drawing pencil range. If you haven’t already tried these pencils, they’re beautifully soft and wide-core coloured pencils that are an absolute joy to use. Although the original 24 set of colours is beautiful, it did lack in some colours, so I was delighted to be…
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The Colours of Port e Vullen
I’ve become kind of obsessed with Port e Vullen since I first stumbled upon it earlier in the summer. Each time I visit this small beach, just outside of Ramsey, I’m amazed at the interesting geology and the variety of colours and textures of the place. On my most recent visit, which was unfortunately at…
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More Artwork for the Map
The start of the new school year is my busiest time of year as all of the businesses I run involve working with schools in one way or another. It’s been a frantic fortnight of reconnecting with teachers and school leadership teams, restarting with some of the students I tutor and fitting everything into a…
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Sea Campion
Growing up in Cornwall, sea campion is one of those plants that’s like an old friend. I’m happy every time I see the white petals and puffy, delicately pink-veined calyx. I used to sit next to clumps of these as a teenager at my favourite secluded sitting place, just off the North Cornwall coastal path.…
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New Artwork on the Map
July saw the start of an exciting new phase of the Isle of Man Nature Journal as the IOMNJ map was introduced to school children and used as a stimulus to discuss our differences and a prompt for them to create their own art. It’s wonderful to see the very different interpretations they came up…