Q: Why have I been sketching so much food lately? A: I have been on my sketching diet – sketching my food in order to lose weight. The history of my sketching diet It started in 2008: As part of a maintenance program for my big weight loss diet ( I lost 23kg in 5...
CONTINUE READINGI’m excited to announce that Marc Taro Holmes and I are hosting the One week 100 People challenge again this year between 9-13 March. The goal is to sketch as many people as you can in 5 days. It’s a short but intense challenge and one that has done a lot for my confidence to...
CONTINUE READINGSome weeks I just don’t feel as if I have much time or mental energy to do my own sketching. Last week was one of those as I tried to wrap up the 30faces30days challenge (I had 12 to do last week so that I would finish on time!), working on Group run-through of SketchingNow...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve just finished the 30Faces30Days challenge hosted by Sktchy and it was a lot of fun! I’m generally not very good at sticking with month-long challenges that require me to sketch something specific, so my usual approach is to find the minimal viable way to participate (eg. my Inktober collection of 2019). I’m also not...
CONTINUE READINGI’m coming to the end of my Kunst and Papier sketchbook (94 x 8.1″) and looking at the pile of books that I want to use this year. I can’t decide which one to use next! Here’s my thoughts on the options: A. Stillman and Birn Alpha – softcover square format 7.5 x 7.5″ This...
CONTINUE READINGLast week was a big one and I wasn’t able to devote as much time to sketching as I had liked, so to mix it up a little, I decided to draw borders around nearly all my sketches. This simple idea made the week much more interesting as instead of worrying about what I was...
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