Gillian Cross Art Blog

I have been teaching nature sketching classes at Koru in Gosforth since May 2023. It's such a lovely venue with an emphasis on community and I'm delighted that sometimes students...

A year ago to the day, I set out on a fairly long walk. It had been a month since I'd moved out of the family home and temporarily into...

One day at the end of March, I just needed to get out of the house. I had heard that my Decree Absolute had come through and, even though it...

I spent an hour or so in my mobile garden this morning, tidying up the plants and assessing what I'd lost to the winter. It's something I "haven't had time...

Back in September I was asked to paint a couple of watercolour and pen paintings for a lady who is a therapist up at South Acomb Farm near Bywell. She...