I spent a number of years of my life living in Epping and earlier this week I had a spare 1.5 hours to explore its streets. I haven’t been back since I left 7.5 years ago, and there have been a lot of changes. Not one of the 3 cafes or the 3 Thai restaurants...
CONTINUE READINGLast week I had another visit to Cockatoo Island with a sketcher from California. This time, I was with Laurie Wigham, who looked after me so well during my visits to San Francisco in 2017 and 2018 (including a very special sketching adventure in a Frank Lloyd Wright building). We had a fabulous day of...
CONTINUE READINGI finally got around to sketching a local jacaranda tree. I sketched this house in August when the jacaranda’s leaves were yellow (I love these trees when they are losing their leaves), and I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to park my car opposite and use my purple hues. The jacarandas have been especially nice...
CONTINUE READINGA short article today… just simply sharing a teacup sketch I did this week during a quiet moment. This vintage cup was given to me a few months after I finished my Teacups course last year. It has what I consider a great pattern for sketching – a pattern that can be easily interpreted in...
CONTINUE READINGLast week I had a lovely day out sketching with Chantal and Hashi (an Australian who lives in California). I met Hashi back in 2018 at the Santa Monica Pier during a USKLA event so it was lovely to reconnect and spend a day chatting and sketching! We had lots of interesting discussions and Hashi...
CONTINUE READINGA few Wednesdays ago, I filled three A4 double-page spreads with a varied approach to each sketch. The first sketch was of a local house while sipping my coffee. I started with some watercolour pencil (WCP) setup lines, then ink then more WCP and finally some markers. At 2pm I headed into the City...
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