I’ve been testing a lot of different sketchbooks lately and today I’m sharing my review of the Hahnemühle’s Watercolour Book – Akademie Aquarell BOOK CHARACTERISTICS Size and Format: I used an A4 Landscape. Available A6, A5, A4 in portrait and landscape. Weight: A4 size – 680g (finished book), A5 size – 300g (new) Number of...
CONTINUE READINGI’m in the process of planning my trip to Europe this year, and it has gotten me thinking: What makes a town or city a special place for me? My favourite type of towns are the ones with lots of layers of history, a variety of public spaces (squares/piazzas), irregular street patterns and variety in...
CONTINUE READINGMore pink? First let’s have a little purple – or lilac to be precise. Saturday 01 Feb: 1990s Hartington Lane A quick loose sketch while I drank my nice hot cup of tea and then a side view of the cup once my drink was over. This cup is part of my Royal Albert 100...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been testing a lot of different sketchbooks lately and this week I finished a Kunst & Papier Aquarellbuch – Watercolour Book. I liked it a lot!! I first came across this book when I was travelling in Europe a number of years ago, and was reminded of it by my friend Yvonne recently. I...
CONTINUE READINGQ: 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...
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