Playing with new paints

October 19, 2026 | 1 Comment Teacup Sketching

In the last few weeks, I’ve been painting with some new semi-opaque watercolour sets that Fuumuui kindly sent me. They are the Cremora range of paints and I was sent the Muted Set, the Warm Terracotta Set and the Vivid Colours Set. How gorgeous is the muted set? These paints differ from Western watercolour in...

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More collage pages

October 12, 2026 | 3 Comments
Teacup Sketching

As mentioned in an earlier article (see here) I spent the month of September using collage in my everyday sketching (thanks to the monthly theme of Starting on Colour inside my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon) I loved this challenge so much – it was great for abstracting shapes and playing with colour and pattern....

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Recent Maps

October 5, 2026 | 6 Comments
Everyday SketchingTravel Sketching

In preparation for last week’s Sketchbook Design livestream, I did a little review of the maps I’ve done recently. And in the process, I realised that I haven’t been drawing maps much at all! So here is a few maps that I found… And when I have drawn maps while travelling, I’ve kept them really...

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Using colour blocks

September 28, 2026 | 6 Comments
Everyday Sketching

I’m absolutely loving going through my Sketchbook Design course again with an amazing cohort. So much fun! It’s giving me a chance to rethink how I use text and headings, and it’s reminding me how much I love ‘colour blocks’. These are coloured backgrounds that can really make your pages pop! I typically use them...

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