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Lots of trip prep making decisions about materials

June 10, 2025 | Leave your thoughts Travel Sketching

In 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...

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Cockatoo Island with Jane

June 2, 2025 | Leave your thoughts
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Sketching Sydney

Last 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...

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Exploring limited palettes and varied colour schemes

May 27, 2025 | Leave your thoughts
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This 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...

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Europe2025: Trip Prep begins (deciding on sketchbooks)

May 19, 2025 | 6 Comments
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I’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!...

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Watercolour starts this week - overview of the main concepts

May 12, 2025 | Leave your thoughts
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If 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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A month of foreshortening and continued experiments

May 5, 2025 | 2 Comments
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As mentioned previously, the April theme I set for my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon was foreshortening! It was great to focus on oblique views and street scenes. Once again, I have to say how much I absolutely love working on a theme for an entire month at the same time as others. I get...

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