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Summer Break 2015: Christmas Day - Bondi beach, gingerbread and Palladio

December 25, 2015 | Leave your thoughts
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I don’t make a fuss about Christmas, but it is a good chance to spend time with family, if we’re all around. Hmm, I am normally the only one that is away at this time of year! Anyway, this year we are having two very low key family days – on the 25th and Boxing...

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Summer Break 2015: Hard or Soft?

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As much as I would love to have a total ‘hard’ break from work between Christmas and New Year, I know that is not an option. I still have to be around to maintain some things and I don’t want to have the usual big scanning and posting burden after a holiday/vacation. So this year...

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Fountain Pen Sketching: Behind the scenes

December 23, 2015 | 38 Comments
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Just when you thought I had finished with fountain pens and would move onto another topic… I pull another blog post out of the hat! But I felt that I needed to put this together as a way of winding down from the excitement and obsession of the last six weeks. Yes, this current series...

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Fountain Pen Sketching Part 7: Pens with variable lines 2

December 22, 2015 | 43 Comments
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  Welcome to the final part of my current series of Fountain Pen Sketching where I will be sharing about my second favourite pen and much more! If you missed it, in Part 6, I introduced the types of pens which give some good line variation and looked specifically at flex nibs and brush tip...

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Last week: Embracing the repetition

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  Firstly – a huge thank you to everyone left a message on my “Give it three years” post. I haven’t had a chance to reply to you all yet, but I will.  I had a few tears in my eyes writing the post but I became a complete watering pot reading your lovely comments...

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VIsiting Urban Sketchers in Surry Hills

December 19, 2015 | Leave your thoughts
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   Its always really great to have visiting sketchers in town! Today we had a casual sketching day in Surry Hills – a favourite spot opposite two top cafes, Bourke St Bakery and The Book Kitchen – and we pleased to have with us Chantal from New Caledonia and Will from Manchester UK. We sat...

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