Face the fact
“Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.”
“Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.”

Sunbathing with coats on, Brighton beach.
My faces are often a bit dodgy, so I’m doing a portraiture course (before you ask, that is the type without naked people.) Here are the results of week 1 & 2.


Man with an iPad ignores man with a paper.


Grabbed a few minutes for a quick sketch of the snow this morning. More ‘chiffon scarf’ than a ‘blanket’ covering, but a good try for Brighton. All gone by the end of the day though.

Beautiful blue skies in Brighton and Hove this morning. Hoping for snow tonight!
I am standing in church, singing along to a Taylor Swift song which I’ve never heard before. It’s OK though, because the karaoke style lyrics are on the big screen and a choir is leading us through it.
This was my first time at the Sunday Assembly Brighton, a monthly secular church on the border of Brighton and Hove.
The church is packed. This month the theme is ‘outsiders’.
One of the speakers, David, told a moving story about his experience as a volunteer host for the charity Sussex Nightstop. Afterwards we sang Teenage dirtbag.

The atmosphere was great and by the time we were singing starman I was really quite into it. Only in Brighton & Hove!
My day started with commuters at the Flying Coffee Bean, Brighton station.
Followed by a pilgrimage to Waterstones specifically to sniff books, drink coffee and sketch out of that window.
Can you believe someone had already nicked the table. What’s more, he was ‘reading’* of all thing. Outrageous!

*I very much approve of reading, just not in my seat.
A damp day at the Trading Post Coffee Roasters, Brighton, UK. Damn fine cup of coffee.
