I was asked a question last week that got me thinking: Would you give some advice please, I keep changing my watercolors to different palettes and can’t seem to settle on a basic one. I guess I like the exploration of seeing how different color mixes but this is frustrating and expensive! It’s also keeping...
CONTINUE READINGLast month I shared a number of quotes that have really helped me in the last three years as I try to work out a way to support myself doing what I love. One of those was “Blogging is never a waste of time” and I promised that I would come back to this in...
CONTINUE READINGWell, my end of year/ summer break is over and it was definitely not a ‘hard break’. I ended up doing a lot more work than I expected (any blog post with more than 3 images and 3 sentences = work for me) … but that’s ok! It is hard to draw a line...
CONTINUE READINGOk- here it is …my first teacup sketch of the year, done on the evening of Jan 1. I couldn’t remember ever sketching this cup, but after a little search discovered I have sketches it twice- but not since 2011! I pushed the colour a little! – SketchingNow Online Sketching Courses: Foundations Self Directed course...
CONTINUE READINGHappy New Year Everyone! I wasn’t necessarily going to do a blogpost today, but somehow I felt the urge to share with you how I spent the first morning of the new year. To quote from my Instagram: Trying to keep myself in a holiday mood I pulled out my UK maps to start...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s my usual tradition to spend NYE turning through every page in my sketchbooks for the year, and then sketching my collection. It is not the most exciting sketch of the year, but it is an important one! My average number of sketchbooks completed in a year is 20… and that was what...
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