Any reputation I might have for being a top Sydney cafe-goer will be completely smashed by my admission that I went to The Grounds of Alexandria for the very first time yesterday! Shock horror! The Grounds is arguably the top cafe destination in Sydney. I say ‘cafe destination’ because it is much more than just...
CONTINUE READINGAnyone who has been in an art-related conversation with me in the last 18 months has probably heard me say the phrase “I’ve got a blog post idea on that!” Indeed, I have lots of blog posts ideas and my list is growing all the time, but a lot of them involve quite a lot...
CONTINUE READINGMy blog posts in recent times are getting bigger than Ben Hur! I’m spending hours and hours putting each one together, and I know it takes you time to read my ramblings. So today I’m getting change the pace and just share a simple teacup sketch with you. This sketch is of my old...
CONTINUE READINGBefore I put my Norfolk Island sketchbooks away in my bookcase (will there be room?), I wanted to do some more controlled tests on the Pentalic paper to check my on-location assessment of how it worked. I also wanted to compare it with the Moleskine paper which is what I normally use. But...
CONTINUE READINGI have so many brushes to play with – more later!
CONTINUE READINGAs usual the first week back from a trip is pretty crazy, catching up on things in my inbox, and trying to get my trip sketches scanned and posted as soon as possible so I can get cracking on new projects. Last week I also had a case of ‘back to work sickness’ – sitting...
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