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...
CONTINUE READINGWelcome 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...
CONTINUE READINGFirstly – 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...
CONTINUE READINGIts 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...
CONTINUE READINGWell, it is three years since I “quit my day job to follow my dream!” It has been a grand adventure and there is no one more surprised than me at what has happened! I wasn’t intending to leave my architecture career to become a full-time artist but rather have a ‘sabbatical’ for 6 months...
CONTINUE READINGPart of my Series on Fountain Pen Sketching – click here for the index, After looking at some basic fountain pens in Part 5 we will now look at some pens that give greater line variation. This is the ‘hot topic’ when it comes to fountain pen sketching and my goal is to provide an...
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