Alan's nephew in colour

Once I had completed the sketch of Alan's nephew I scanned it and coloured it in with digital paint. The funny thing is, this lad looks just like Alan.

Alan's nephew

I've been meaning to do a sketch of Alan's new nephew Lewis for quite a while now, and thought yesterday I should really round to it before the poor lad is completely grown up and shaving. This sketch will go towards the portfolio that I present when I apply for art school.

Fieldview Hotel, Portree, Skye

In the week before Easter we drove from Edinburgh to Skye. We stayed in a country hotel which hadn't been decorated for about a hundred years. It looked lovely.

Caledonian Thebans v. Newcastle Ravens

On Saturday Newcastle Ravens came up to Edinburgh to play us at home.  They're a nice bunch of lads, and they'd made the effort to come up and see us, so we let them win again. I'm on the left in the front row of the scrum.