Following on from my adventures around Stornoway, today I want to share my two bigger day trips to the beaches in Uig (Lewis) and down to Harris. This is the map in my sketchbook showing the routes that I took this trip. I absolutely love the landscapes of this part of the world. When you...
CONTINUE READINGI have quite a bit to catch up on in regard to sharing my adventures from this trip, so I’ll use this week to put together a few articles. I’m having a solo week of rest and work in a small village on the Fife coast in Scotland. A much needed break before heading to...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s always good to spend a bit of time thinking about a project after it is finished and this is particularly the case for my 30×30. As I have been travelling for the whole month of June, I’ve been more occupied with new places and time with family/friends, so I haven’t really been thinking much...
CONTINUE READINGYesterday, Monday 25th June, I completed my 30th direct watercolour sketch. Yay! This 30×30 challenge hasn’t been that much of a challenge for me as I’m travelling – so I’m obsessively sketching anyway. And over the last 9 days, I’ve had a lot of solo time and therefore lots of options for achieving ‘paint only’...
CONTINUE READINGI had one morning in Glasgow on Thursday last week – this is the day before the tragic fire at the Glasgow School of Art – so sad! I didn’t make it to that end of town last week but I’m pleased that I have visited it before (including an inside tour) and sketched it...
CONTINUE READINGHave you sketched in a plane? Is it something that you do every time you fly? Do you enjoy these sketches? I started recording the view from my seat on every flight in the early days of Urban Sketching. I don’t really enjoy doing them that much, but I do miss it if I don’t....
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