This month I am taking part in a month of drawing, posting one image per day. Today I have been working on developing my language of contours, with studies of the Bwlch mountain, close to where I live in the Rhondda Valleys in south Wales. It's been a lovely sunny day, which really helped to bring out the shape of the mountain side. My aim is to be able to depict the sheer expanse of space.

Accompanying me this afternoon was my friend Daisy, who you see bottom left.

This month I am taking part in a month of drawing with Anna Alcock of Inky Cuttlefish Studios in London. I will be posting one drawing each day for the whole of the month. For day 1 I have made a preliminary study of an abandoned robins's nest that was kindly given to me by Milly. It was a nest that was just a foot off the ground, and despite having been built and with five eggs in, something must have happened to have scared the adults away. Sadly, one of the eggs shows signs of pipping, so it may have been close to hatching. I'll try and capture this in a future study.

As I write, I am looking out of the window of my new studio onto a beautiful mountain side. Early this morning I was walking through rising clouds of mist as the sun's warmth penetrated through the trees onto the mountain path. This is in such a contrast to just a few weeks ago when I was still living in east London. The valleys of south Wales have felt like home ever since we first visited them last year, and now they really are our home!

I am looking forward to exhibiting some of my work in the lovely Cloud 9 gallery in Lancashire - in the town of Bacup from 7 September (see the events page for more details). I also have had several pieces selected for the Society of Graphic Fine Art annual exhibition at the Menier gallery in October.

I was thrilled to be featured in this summer's edition of the London Transport Museum Friends News, which included an image of View Subterranea 4. What was fascinating about this piece of work is that when I drew the image in July of last year at St James's Park station, little did I realise that less than a year later the C-stock train I was drawing would be withdrawn from service forever. So my work is now an 'historical' piece! I understand that you can buy the magazine from the museum and at the Friends' events.

Living in the Rhondda Valleys I am trying to teach myself to draw the amazing scenery all around: from the soft undulating hill sides to the dramatic plunging cliff edges. To the west of home, the valley side is like a deep cauldron carved away by the millennia. The other morning, as the sun was rising and the rain was falling, we saw the most enrapturing, deeply-coloured rainbow that seemed so solid it was like it had been painted from the clouds into the valley. It was truly nature in all her glory.

I am excited to have just completed a new wood engraving, View Subterranea 5 - depicting Blackhorse Road station. I'm looking forward to starting to print the edition this weekend. And I've already started my preparatory drawings for the next in the series.

I am looking forward to the autumn and lots more hard work!

Last night was one of the most enjoyable art events I have been involved in: in a small, first-floor gallery space surrounded by 25 contemporary works of art, meeting and listening to other artists discuss - with real passion - their ideas, inspiration, motivations and media. I learnt a great deal.

A really big thank you to Rob Dunt for putting on the show with his real punk ethic! And to James Jessop and Natasha Hall among others for helping to make it happen. I really look forward to meeting you all again soon.

I cannot believe that I am watching a piece of art photo-evolve in the sun. James, what are these magic pens?!

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It was a wonderful and unexpected surprise this week to be named the winner of Print Jam at Art Bermondsey. Rob Dunt has curated a very interesting and high quality exhibition, and it was my pleasure to meet some of the other finalists and find out about their printmaking.

I'll be participating in a Q&A session tomorrow (Friday) around 7pm.

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I am honoured to have been elected to the Society of Graphic Fine Art. The SGFA is a society of more than 120 professional illustrators, painters and printmakers, and it is the only national art society whose sole aim is to promote drawing.

I had to present a portfolio of work to the selection committee, and then had to wait a tense few hours for their decision! I was delighted that the committee felt that I met the high standards of this historic society.

I am also excited to have been selected as one of the 25 finalists for Print Jam, a group exhibition demonstrating a wide variety of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques. The show opens on Wednesday 4 June at Art Bermondsey.

Finally, just a reminder that the E17 Art Trail is just around the corner. My work will be part of the House of Angels at St Barnabas, and a collection of my urban prints will be on show at Ye Olde Rose and Crown in Walthamstow.

Full details of all these exhibitions can be found on the events page.

Angels are always to be found when needed in times of joy, inspiration, sorrow and despair. They cross perceptual bounds. We see what we see.

In this exhibition I have drawn together angels of different kinds, from the realms of art and the imagination – and some with which I have come face to face in the cemetery of Walthamstow.

You can see my collection of angel-inspired wood engravings at St Barnabas Church as part of the E17 Art Trail, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 31 May to 15 June.

I'm just completing some new images which I will be showing for the first time at St Barnabas Church, Walthamstow, as part of the this year's E17 Art Trail.

The theme at St Barnabas is House of Angels, and I have been working on exploring the genesis of angelic, winged beings.

I will also be showing works at Ye Olde Rose and Crown, where you'll be able to see some great local art with some great real ale!

For more information about the E17 Art Trail, visit www.e17arttrail.co.uk