Just read my last post. I was struggling a bit and sad but I haven't felt like that for a long time now. Good things are happening... ......

A temporary leave of absence. Have I been gone too long? Will I come back? Life revolves around my new 'family'. I come home to my quiet ...

First life drawing session of the year last night. I am managing to go life drawing fairly regularly now. I spend much of my time painti...

I’ve not had a chance to do any life drawing since early summer. So much for making it a regular thing in my life. But yesterday I got a ...

I wandered slowly along Prisk a few days ago looking for shells and things. Found 21 cowries, a few bird bones, crab moults and a lovely ...

Magpie Pica pica, one who chatters, one who compulsively hoards small objects. You might say I am a bit of a magpie. I was born in the si...

I kept the skulls of the song thrush and the jay. Just finished cleaning them and have made a few quick drawings before I put them with t...

Was in the garage today. I’ve finished the big tidy so it is a pleasure to be out there again. I have started making a load of small squa...

I wrote a post in August about drawing and painting dead birds. I found this Jay on a road near Bissoe and brought it home to paint and p...

The sea is getting colder and wilder. So we go to the misty green river. To the quiet places with egrets and herons. Maybe, if we are luc...

I have been fascinated by sea urchins for ages. As a kid coming down for holidays in Polzeath I remember seeing baskets of the shells out...

I’m back from two beautiful weeks on Bryher … there I beach combed and found many wonderful things … … filled my sketchbook with words a...

Open Studios left me exhausted and not knowing what to do or where to go. I’ve cleared it all away so the garage is back to being just my...

mind hare Been thinking about my logo – well it is a logo – but it was never made to be a logo. I didn’t invent it for that purpose. The ...

dying to be reborn Doing a bit of making now and again. This piece and a couple of others so they can go in an exhibition soon. Have upda...

Just back from a ten day visit to Bryher in the Isles of Scilly. I’ve been every year with my family and a group of friends for the last...

Been doing a bit of life drawing with Kernow Life-Drawing Putting a few of them on my Facebook page

Started a Facebook page with an album of drawings called Sarah McCartney drawing a day 2011 Good to be drawing and painting as I am not i...