Tag: daily prompts

  • The White City

    The White City

    Post In English and Spanish

    We spent a few days in Lisbon last weekend. Another city on the Atlantic, another coast full of light. Here’s some of what caught my eye as we wandered around: walls, pavements, shadow play, water as a pattern and living forms. Perhaps the beginnings of new work for autumn. They are like a canvas to build on, photos layered over each other that will carry a real feel of the city. But I don’t know what I’ll combine them with yet, perhaps a new image will evolve holding two different lights from two different coasts. Watch this space.

    Pasamos unos días en Lisboa el fin de semana pasado. Otra ciudad en el Atlántico, otra costa llena de luz. Aquí va algo de lo que me llamó la atención mientras paseábamos: paredes, aceras, juegos de sombra, el agua como patrón y formas vivas. Quizá el comienzo de nueva obra para el otoño. Son como un lienzo sobre el que construir, fotos superpuestas que transmitirán el verdadero ambiente de la ciudad. Pero aún no sé con qué las combinaré, quizá surja una nueva imagen que guarde dos luces distintas de dos costas distintas. Continuará…

  • Colours for October

    Four new colours for this month’s creative practice.

    MOSTO The dusky plum of grape must fermenting after the vendimia, the last of the harvest turning to wine.
    OLOROSO The deep amber-mahogany of an aged Oloroso, the sherry that gives Jerez its name.
    MEMBRILLO Quince, the orange-gold fruit ripening in gardens this month.
    ACEITUNA The green-grey of olives darkening on the branch as the October harvest begins.

    Use them however you like. A wash of background colour, a single brushstroke, a filter, a frame. The prompts this month and every month can be found here.

    #COLCP26

  • Colours for July

    Four new colours for this month’s creative practice.

    GIRASOL named after the sunflower fields that fill the Andalucían countryside in July.
    CANDELA Spanish for flame or firelight, capturing the heat and energy of the month.
    HIGUERA the fig tree, in fruit right now, with flesh this exact deep dusty rose.
    PISCINA simply “swimming pool,” that bright artificial turquoise so appealing in the summer months.

    Use them however you like. A wash of background colour, a single brushstroke, a filter, a frame. The prompts this month and every month can be found here.

    #COLCP26

  • Colours for June

    Four new colours for this month’s creative practice.

    JASMINE WHITE: the background, the space between things. COASTAL STRAW: dry grass in the heat, the colour of July arriving early. MAR ESMERALDA: the sea on a clear morning, deep and still. ALMADRABA, warm terracotta skin, the ancient tuna fishing grounds of the coast.

    Use them however you like. A wash of background colour, a single brushstroke, a filter, a frame. The prompts this month and every month can be found here.

    #COLCP26

  • Daily Prompts for Creative Practice


    Inspired by the coast, interpreted anywhere.
    A new project for inspiration, starting today.

    The COAST of LIGHT prompts are a simple framework for an ongoing creative practice.

    They grew out of my own creative process and the places where I find inspiration, something I’ll be reflecting on along the way.

    The same prompts will return each month, with occasional developments and new colour palettes.

    Everything is open to interpretation, so respond however you like, wherever you are: take photographs, record sounds, sketch shapes or lines, and so on.

    The aim isn’t to post every day, but to observe and build creative rhythm and consistency. Focus on one prompt a week or one prompt a month, exploring the full set over time.

    Come and follow along @coastoflight or even join in! #COLCP26