One of the new habits which I have been working on in the last month or so, is to revive my evening sketching sessions. This can involve either simply finishing off my page from the day (a big part of what we are doing in Sketchbook Design) or doing a sketch to fill up my...
CONTINUE READINGOne of the elements we are currently adding to our pages as part of my new course Sketchbook Design is “Maps, Diagrams and Charts” and I add a particular chart in mind… My 7 year old nephew is really into the Periodic Table at the moment, so I thought it would be fun to draw...
CONTINUE READINGAt the moment in my Sketchbook Design course, we are looking at various elements which we can add to our pages. So last week I added text and headings, borders, colour blocks and maps. It was a lot of fun! I’ve also just started a new sketchbook (another 8×10 Stillman and Birn Softcover Alpha) and...
CONTINUE READINGLast Thursday I finished filming the last of the pre-recorded videos for my current course Sketchbook Design and I celebrated this event by doing two sketches. My usual way to celebrate things! (Note: I still have 6 x 1 hour livestreams to do so it’s not the last video for the course!) It was a...
CONTINUE READINGOn Saturday I finally got out sketching (and filming) for the last demo in my Sketchbook Design course. It was a lovely warm (but not too warm) sunny day and it was so wonderful to be out – especially as we have had a lot of overcast skies and rain this summer. I drove into...
CONTINUE READINGAs promised last week, I want to share my sketching goals for 2021. I’m not really big on New Year’s Resolutions and I’m also not super focused on setting goals as such. Instead I like to think about building habits which will move me in the desired direction. Those of you who receive my monthly...
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