10 May 2008: "Halfway through this one. Got the idea after seeing a tree twisted by the wind. Like seeing shapes in the clouds. Saw the Dragon hunched over a rock ledge looking down. Also did a couple of colour studies from the sketches. They're up in the Dragons gallery."



22 May 2008: "Finished it, finally! Not sure about a name for it - maybe The Watcher..."



03 June 2008: "First sketch for a painting I'm thinking of - needs a lot of work but not bad for first go."



02 July 2008: "Falling a bit behind with this. Just finished working out a background for it - low light over snow. Now, all I need to do is paint the thing..."



29 July 2008: "Nearly finished the background. Dragon'll be added in later. Getting there..."



18 August 2008: "Finished this the other day. Just cant get the photos to take properly... Think I need a new camera. Someone suggested Blue Ice as a title but I think I'll go with my instincts on this. Going to call it Low Winter Sun. Kind of a cliche up here in the north but it works for the image, and I like it."



06.06.08: "Trying out things with different heads here. Might do a full size painting of a close up. Jaws and teeth..."



04 November 2008: "Thought I'd try something completely different this time. I've never done a 3D version of a dragon before. It looks a bit odd but I had fun making it. And it does kind of look like one of my dragon types. Still needs painting and varnishing. Will use blacks and reds - make it a fire dragon."