At the Open House sessions that I hold, I encourage other Ashdown Art group members to move out of their safe space and try something new from my stores. In 2023 tried out Alcohol based Inks and Colorex liquid watercolours over the summer. Both these mediums provide stunning colours. With the Ink I have also tried Yupo paper which is thin, extremely smooth and is often used with these inks. I am also working on a large mixed media reflecting on the progress of AI which includes various obsolete technology items and current articles. For the June 2024 Open House we offered simple printing techniques and sunlight developed dye (weather permitting) .Open House, a painting completed at the 2023 event, was sold at the Autumn Art Fair and The Burning Bush also from 2023 is now in New Zealand.