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Medium and Message: Paint to print

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How Hogarth developed his painting and print narrative series from rough drawings. Examples of prints made after paintings by Mary Cassatt and Nikolai Astrup for different reasons.

March 31, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Colour Notes 7: Colourspaces and rendering

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An introduction to colourspaces, gamuts, and how images are rendered in colour, so that what you see on your display or in a print looks right.

May 31, 2022 Macs, Painting, Technology

How to install a printer in macOS Mojave

A sequence of steps to safely install the optimum printer driver for new and old models in macOS Mojave.

October 22, 2018 Macs, Technology

Beyond mere appearance: Dark Mode, the semantics of colour, and text without print

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We’re still writing most text in black on a white background on displays with wide colour and high-resolution. Why not use colour for additional meaning?

October 11, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Don’t ditch the index(es)

Is it just me, or are printed books increasingly being published without any index(es)?

December 8, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Painting, Technology

RIP MacWorld in print – the UK edition (corrected)

More sad news this morning: the UK print edition of MacWorld has ceased publication. The announcement makes it very […]

September 9, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Landscape Visions: 6 figures, staffage, and Advent Calendars

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Some paintings have figures and action which goes beyond staffage, and provides narrative, meaning, or puzzles.

August 3, 2015 Painting
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