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Framing my compositions

April 27, 2026 | Leave your thoughts Everyday SketchingSketching Adventure CommunitySketching Sydney

We are currently wrapping up an amazing month inside my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon exploring the theme of Framing! I have a strong preference for open-ended sketches, starting at my focus and working outwards in a spontaneous way (Foundations Lesson 11) so having an entire month of trying to contain my sketches using framing...

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Recent food and drink sketches

April 20, 2026 | 4 Comments
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I love sketching food! It adds so much colour and texture to my sketchbook pages and is a great memory of times with friends (without making them feel uncomfortable by drawing them – I prefer to sketch strangers!). In this article I want to share a few of my recent food and drink sketches. This...

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Recent City sketching - towers and interiors

April 13, 2026 | 2 Comments
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Continuing my catch-up of sketches from the past few months… Today I’m sharing highlights from my sketches of Sydney City which I do on Wednesdays in the late afternoon before going to a mid-week meeting at my church. Some weeks I have too much work to make it a sketching outing, but I do try...

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Thoughts on building a regular sketching habit

April 7, 2026 | 10 Comments
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            Longtime readers of this blog (and a big hello to you!) will know that for many years I’ve had a morning routine of going out for a coffee and a sketch (and often a walk too!) I did this even when I was working as an architect (see here for an example)....

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Discovering bettongs (a cute Australian animal)

April 6, 2026 | 5 Comments
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A few weeks ago I went to Merrylands Central Gardens Nature Reserve with a friend from Brazil (who had never seen a kangaroo before) and my brother’s family (four kids aged 8-14). I’m so amazed that this free mini zoo exists and impressed by how many Australian animals it contains. It was very hard to...

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Wellington 2026: Highlights video

March 30, 2026 | 2 Comments
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One final article about my trip to Wellington New Zealand earlier this year… I filmed a video sharing the highlights! To watch on YouTube please click on image above or here. And here is an index to all my articles and videos about this trip… Wellington 2026 Index Blog articles: Wellington 2026 Part 1: First...

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