Day 2: Another upside down drawing
In line with my owl drawing yesterday Claire Watson Garcia, from Drawing for the Absolute & Utter Beginner, asked me to do another upside-down drawing today. »
Day 12: Tin cans and the impossibility of ellipses
The other day I mentioned accuracy in drawing and how important this technical ability is for creating convincing pictures. Often guidebooks mention that the secret to »
Day 1: Activating the artistic mind
One of the problems with drawing, for many people, is that they let their abstract mind get in the way. So rather than putting down the »
The Challenge: 365 Days of Drawing
About five years ago I got pretty interested in drawing, and art in general, and even attended a few classes. This proved to be great fun »
ShareSoc Company Seminar - May 2016
For this mid-year seminar ShareSoc moved location to the welcoming offices of Capita Asset Services in the heart of the City. Here we were made very »
ShareSoc Company Seminar - November 2015
I started attending the ShareSoc growth seminars last year and the line-up presented in November is pretty typical in that all of the presenting companies are »
ShareSoc Company Seminar - April 2016
An unusual seminar this month as ShareSoc unveiled two companies, 1PM and ImmuPharma, alongside a presentation from a new investor research service and a pair of »
RWS Group: Final Results 2015
I first looked at RWS just over a year ago after hearing it mentioned at a Mello investor event. On first glance the numbers looked positive »
ShareSoc Company Seminar - March 2016
Almost every month ShareSoc organises a central London seminar bringing interesting growth companies to the attention of private investors. Obviously these companies all have a story »
Laura Ashley: More questions than answers
A business looking for a catalyst Laura Ashley frustrates by its inability to leverage such a well-known brand and it's not clear why this is the »