At this time of year our Instagram feeds are full of everyone’s “Top Nine” images based on views/likes. It’s always interesting to see what they are and speculate on why those nine images were the most popular. Last year I was a touch amused that the top nine posts were all coffee or collection images...
CONTINUE READINGI want to get back to the discipline of sharing my everyday sketches on a regular basis, so I am reviving the “last week” series. I have written two general articles about my everyday sketching recently – one after coming back from my big European trip, and one after my recent Californian adventures. I also...
CONTINUE READINGAs part of the preparation for my next SketchingNow course – Watercolour On Location – I want to go back through my Foundations course as a starting point. I always love going back to basics, as whenever I do, I find that my sketching skills are improved in unexpected ways. In particular, I find that...
CONTINUE READINGNote: This palette has now been changed – the latest version is here. I’ve just cleaned and topped up my palette for my end of year “stay-cation” so it was the perfect time to updated you on what has changed in the last few months. (NOTE: This post has been updated APRIL 2019) What’s in...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s going to be another quick post today as I’m still working on a big illustration job and don’t have a lot of spare time. Click here for an example (from 5 years ago!) of the ‘neat style’ (for me) that I do for this type of project. So here are two teacup sketches I...
CONTINUE READINGYesterday I was looking through my sketchbooks from this year and discovered that I never posted my sketches of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge from October. There are Sydney’s most well-known structures and I love sketching them. These were done a few days before I left for my CA trip. I went into...
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