A blog about Stockport landmarks by artist/printmaker Neil Robinson which follows a printmaking project depicting the diverse architectural styles of my hometown both new and old.
I attended The Real Public Art Show at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery this afternoon.
An excellent exhibition celebrating Stockport as part of the Stockport Town of Culture. I enter one of my prints depicting Stockport Exchange which was based on a sketch I did on location a few years ago.
As the clocks go forward and spring is finally here, I have decided to take part in some local art events to keep me busy.
I recently applied by submitting two of my prints to the ‘Cotton-On-MCR’ open call. This is an open exhibition at the Saul Hay gallery in Castlefield, Manchester running between April and May. Hopefully I will be successful, fingers crossed.
Yesterday, I decided to take part in the Stockport’s Giant Leap Ahead project to submit designs for frog statues on various themes such as ‘Frog the builder’ or ‘Music frog’.
On a different note, I have been working this month on preparing images to use for future etchings which I hope to complete this year.
I have also recently, creating various sketches of the Arden Arms pub which I hope to use as inspiration for my next print. Here are a few images.
Today, I took part in some urban sketching organised by Annette from Stockport Art Guild
Artists met at the art gallery and we had 2 hours to sketch around Stockport either inside or out.
I chose to sketch at Stockport Exchange near the railway station and found a perfect place to sit outside the new hotel. The weather was cool and rainy, but I managed at couple of good sketches using fineliners and pencils.
Stockport In Print 
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