This week I was on holiday in Oban for a staycation. You might have thought that there would be no artwork or normal Rotary or BNI business going on, but I was quite busy.

I had agreed to be guest speaker for Ellon Rotary club in Aberdeen via zoom, so had to contend with dodgy Wi-Fi in my holiday apartment. I felt that I could not miss BNI as it was my first week in the role of Vice President.

The Wi-Fi went down, and I couldn’t access the script or stats for an anxious few hours but I was instructed how to create a hotspot with my mobile phone and calm was restored.

Bob the vet from BNI asked me to do some artwork for quirky covid posters for his practice, which was a bit of holiday light relief ... I have not drawn cartoons for years! Next, I moved on to designing a possible charity greetings card idea for Strathcarron hospice.

Fingers crossed that they like it and we can help raise some much needed funds for them .

One of my latest pointillism drawings was of Arisaig beach where my neighbour’s daughter got engaged , so it only seemed right to actually visit Arisaig when I was on holiday . It was stunning! I may have to get the paintbrushes out.

This week my son Fraser is the main creative person in the family as he is directing and performing in a virtual musical theatre concert on YouTube with his friends. It was recorded in bedrooms across Scotland during lockdown.

They normally have two fundraising concerts per year and have raised more than £20000. They did not want a pandemic to halt their plans. I hope you enjoy it.

The work that goes into the production is quite astounding.

The pianist records his music , sends it to Fraser , Fraser videos himself conducting to the music , the conducting video and music are sent to performers who then video themselves singing their part of the harmony and then all the recordings come back to Fraser to be digitally knitted together on audio and screen .... it has been exhausting just watching over his shoulder!

They have chosen music mostly from newish musicals, so it is refreshingly different ... enjoy x