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Art Tips & Thoughts

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From Travel Sketching to Foundations

Spontaneous sketching

FAQ: What do I do when my sketch is still wet...

Everyday Sketching

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A month focusing on composition

Sketching Review of 2025

Red Christmas trees

Reviews

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My LGA2021 Sketches Part 3: My Greenwood Journal

Thoughts on the StablO Nomadic Easel

Sketchbook Review: Clairefontane Goldline Natural

Sketching Adventure Community

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A month of foreshortening and continued experiments

Exploring the monthly theme of Going to the Edge

Exploring negative shapes in my everyday sketching

Sketching Sydney

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Cockatoo Island with Jane

Cockatoo Island experiments

Recent City sketches

SketchingNow

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Watercolour starts next week - overview of the main concepts

My 2026 Watercolour palette (for Live Version starting in Jan)

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Watercolour starts this week - overview of the main concepts

Teacup Sketching

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Europe 2025: One day in Glasgow

Exploring limited palettes and varied colour schemes

A new Royal Albert 100 years cup

Travel Sketching

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Europe 2025: Three reflections from my 9-week adventures (and index)

Europe 2025: Final day in the French Alps (and heading home)

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Europe 2025: Geneva and the Swiss USK Symposium

Urban Sketchers

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Europe 2025: Geneva and the Swiss USK Symposium

Europe 2025: Poznan and the Urban Sketchers Symposium

PleinAir magazine article on Urban Sketching

Video

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Roadtrip2023: Live Sketchbook Tour

Live Sketchbook Tour: Moving to a smaller book

Live sketchbook tour: Volume 171

Work Life

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What do you want to see more of?

Europe19: Reflections from my 3 month trip

Gearing up for 3 months remote working in Europe

Workshops

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New 2-day Cockatoo Island workshop in Feb 2026

Workshop Report: Sketching with architects in Parramatta

Europe 2025: Teaching in Germany