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OneWeek100People2026: Two rounds and a newspaper article

March 16, 2026 | 7 Comments
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Everyday Sketching

Well, the OneWeek100People challenge is over for another year – and what a great week it was! I did two rounds of 100 and was interviewed for a newspaper article. Some years I don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to the challenge (so I know what it’s like to approach the 100 goal...

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OneWeek100People2026 has begun!

March 9, 2026 | 4 Comments
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Day 1: 24 completed! I haven’t been sketching people much lately and  as I didn’t get a chance beforehand to warm-up and work out my tools I decided to start this year’s challenge at home working from photos. I intend to sketch on location this week, but I just wanted to start easily. Plus it...

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Workshop Report: Sketching with edges and shapes on Cockatoo Island

March 2, 2026 | Leave your thoughts
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Last month I taught a 2-day workshop on Cockatoo Island. It was an expanded version of my Sketching with Shapes workshop and the extra day allowed me to add edges and watercolour exercises before we focused on shapes. It was also the first time I’ve taught a two-day workshop for a number of years and...

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Lost and Found Edges

February 25, 2026 | Leave your thoughts
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  I love it when there are connections between the various concurrent projects I’m working on. Sometimes it is by design (I’ve chosen the projects so that they have themes in common) but there are often synergies that I don’t expect. This month I’ve been going through the second half of my Watercolour course, exploring...

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OneWeek100People is on again in 2026!

February 18, 2026 | 22 Comments
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I’m really excited to announce that Marc Taro Holmes and I are hosting another One Week 100 People challenge this year starting 9 March 2026. And amazingly it’s the tenth year! The goal is to sketch as many people as you can from life or from photos and see if you can reach 100. You...

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Wellington 2026 Part 3: The second week

February 12, 2026 | 2 Comments
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The USK Wellington event finished on the Monday afternoon, but I stayed in town for the rest of the week  until a 7:30pm flight on Friday! This gave me a chance to do a little more exploring in a relaxed way. There was quite a bit of rain in the second week but that was...

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