After the intensely social sketching I had done in my first four days in Lisbon, I woke up on the Firday morning to the realisation that I had nothing planned! Although most of the sketchers I had hung out with in the previous days had now left, there were still a few around. And of...
CONTINUE READINGAfter the first three epic days in Lisbon (read about it here) I was worried how I would last for the full week I had booked in Lisbon. But the next day Suhita and I decided to have a quiet morning (ie. not hang out with other sketchers) and we headed to the markets –...
CONTINUE READINGMonday After my usual day of rest and worship on Sunday, I headed to Lisbon on the train on Monday morning with Suhita. As we were walking out of the station we ran into Lizette and Peter from South Africa who I hadn’t seen at all during the Symposium (another indication of how big the...
CONTINUE READINGMy Porto workshop was called “it’s all in the details”and the idea suggested by this is that the character of the building is in all the details. The details are what we are initially drawn to. However it was also an intentionally provocative title as it seemed to go against everything I have taught for...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been to every Symposium (all nine of them) and so I’ve seen the event grow dramatically over the years. I have found the last few (Chicago and Manchester) very different from the early ones, mainly because of the size and in some measure have struggled with the bigger numbers. I am ‘on’ all the...
CONTINUE READINGOne of the highlights of my time in Porto was the 9.30-11.30pm sketching session which we had inside Livraria Lello – a beautiful bookstore which is famous for inspiring JK Rowling. Since 2015 the bookstore has charged for admission and normally there are 200-300 people inside at the one time. Whoa! way too crowded. We...
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