On Saturday, during my week in West Wemyss, I headed north to St Andrews and meet up with Esther Semmens, and Kathleen from Edinburgh (sadly Kathleen doesn’t share her beautiful ink drawings online). It was a gorgeous day and the girls picked this street scene to sketch first up. I had to do a few...
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As I mentioned yesterday, I decided to resist the urge to explore many of the beautiful places in Fife. Instead I spent most of my time last week in West Wemyss – working or popping out for a quick sketch or two. But earlier in the week I did go out for a few day...
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Travelling before an Urban Sketchers Symposium is always a delicate balance. In 2016 I travelled for 6 weeks before the symposium in Manchester which included driving through Scotland and Northern England (changing accommodation every one or two nights) plus visiting lots of friends (such as staying with Lynne Chapman). As a result I was totally...
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There are a number of day tours which you can do from Krakow. The two most popular are the Auschwitz Concentration/Extermination camps from WWII and some impressive Salt Mines. We did both on consecutive days. I wasn’t sure about going to Auschwitz as I’m fairly sensitive. I certainly didn’t want to do a guided tour...
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