We often get asked what the best way to clean your brushes is. Truthfully, there are so many different ways and it really does depend on which medium you’re using, how often you use your brushes, whether you are in a rush or whether you have time to clean them thoroughly.

Decorating pots with a brush is something that frightens many potters. Perhaps, having spent time and energy making a pot they are afraid to spoil it with designs or decorations they are uncertain of, or perhaps they simply have no confidence in their ability to use a brush.

As an avid urban sketcher, I carry my sketching kit and sketchbook with me everywhere, so it’s important that I have a very efficient, lightweight but flexible selection of tools and materials. Having a pocket/reversible brush (or two) makes a lot of sense as they are compact and well protected.

Yorkshire is the largest county in Northern England. Renowned for its beautiful countryside, sweeping valleys, medieval abbeys, fishing villages, rugged sandy beaches and much more.

Soraya French is a well known Iranian artist known for her vivid use of colour in watercolours, oils, pastels, acrylics and mixed media in a variety of subject matters.

My recent illustrations have been for a ‘Wind in the Willows’ community drama event, applying the story to locations in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, my home town.