Arriving in Porto I arrived in Porto late on Tuesday 10 July, a full week before the Urban Sketchers Symposium began. I always try to be one of the first sketchers to arrive in a symposium city, so that I get a chance to do my workshop preparation and explore the city in calmness before...
CONTINUE READINGContinuing an old tradition of doing a teacup sketch on my return home after a big trip… here is a version of my Royal Albert Lady Carlyle. Click here to see an older version. I’ve had to have a few very quiet days due to some post-trip illness but I hope to find a rhythm...
CONTINUE READINGThis photo shows how much paint I took on my recent 11 week trip to Europe. I like to make up the pans of paint beforehand so that when I’m travelling I don’t have to worry about: sourcing replacement paint (Daniel Smith is not always easy to find) the hassle of making new pans up...
CONTINUE READINGI’m very excited to announce that I will be giving a workshop as part of the first ever Sydney Pen Show on Saturday 18 August. It’s really great that members of the local Fountain Pen community – Fountain Pen Oceania – are putting this together. My workshop will provide a brief introduction to urban sketching...
CONTINUE READINGAs I expected, the last few weeks here in Portugal have been extremely hectic and I haven’t had a chance to put together an updates for you. When this article goes live, I should be on a plane going home. Yes, finally heading home about 11 weeks in Europe. So I thought I would share...
CONTINUE READINGOn Saturday, during my week in West Wemyss, I headed north to St Andrews and meet up with Esther Semmens, and Kathleen from Edinburgh (sadly Kathleen doesn’t share her beautiful ink drawings online). It was a gorgeous day and the girls picked this street scene to sketch first up. I had to do a few...
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