So… I’m going to be drawing a lot of maps in the coming weeks. I plan to explore a few new things – trying different techniques, different colours, different tools etc. So here is a map of my local area (that I shared in passing last week). For this map, I decided to use the...
CONTINUE READINGAs mentioned last week, I’ve started using more coloured inks in my work once again and my fortnightly Scottish castle sketching session with Esther Semmens was a great way to get back into the mindset of switching pens. The chosen subject for our zoom chat was Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran (somewhere I...
CONTINUE READINGOnce again it was another big month on the blog… so it’s time to do a quick recap of what I got up to. Sketching Outings Due to a lot of rain in March I didn’t get out as much as I’d hoped. But this is what I did manage: Sketching Gladesville Hospital with Jane...
CONTINUE READINGFor the past few years I’ve been chipping away at a massive behind-the-scenes project. I’m going through and updating all my old blogposts (since 2008) as all the images prior to 2016 were embedded from Flickr or from Blogpost and don’t display clearly. As well as replacing the images I’m also working on my extensive...
CONTINUE READINGI’m very excited to share with you a podcast interview I did recently with the wonderful Nishant Jain from The SneakyArt Postcast. Click here to listen! We had a super lively conversation about my architectural background, my transition to becoming a teacher and full-time urban sketcher and the way I approach sketching. I’m really happy...
CONTINUE READINGA beautiful sunny day was a great reason to go on a little sketching outing yesterday. I’ve been wanting to go into the CBD during a weekday and see what it was like. (CBD = central business district = downtown.) I’ve visited on the weekend a few times – see here – and it has...
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