My favourite pages in travel sketchbooks are often ones that contain maps, and so last week I did a review of some of my travel sketchbooks to get some inspiration for my upcoming big trip to Europe. I discovered that I haven’t drawn many maps in recent years, and on previous trips to Europe (2016-2019)...
CONTINUE READINGIn the last few weeks, I’ve been having lots of fun thinking about what materials I will take on my big upcoming trip to Europe. I’ll be travelling for approximately 2 months, and in between several teaching events, I hope to be sketching non-stop. I have a busy schedule and expect that at times I...
CONTINUE READINGLast week, I caught up with Jane Blundell, whom I hadn’t seen in ages. We sat with the sun on our backs for about 3 hours sketching and talking non-stop! It was so good! These two sketches were a good example of reflex sketching (not really concentrating on my work), while also experimenting with some...
CONTINUE READINGThis month, we’ve been exploring the theme of ‘Limited Palettes’ inside my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon, and once again, I have found having a whole month to explore a single concept with a group to be super inspiring! I had hoped that thinking about limited palettes would help me reduce the number of tools...
CONTINUE READINGI’m booked to travel to Europe in about 2 months’ time, and so I’m starting the process of thinking about what art supplies I will take and what my approach to sketching will be. This planning process is something that I love doing and at times have made it into a project of it’s own!...
CONTINUE READINGIf you haven’t already heard, I’m hosting a group event inside my popular Watercolour course. This will be a chance to work through the video lessons over 7 weeks with an inspiring cohort from around the world – starting this week, on Wednesday 14 May 2025. When beginning to sketch with watercolour, it’s common to...
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