Update on the last two days in Melbourne… Wednesday: Morning on my own in the arcades and laneways in Melbourne City. The magnificent Block Arcade Under the Dome in the Block Arcade Coffee and view from Cafe Duomo as the grand arcade dramatically becomes a Melbourne laneway (thanks to the lovely staff at this cafe...
CONTINUE READINGOn Monday (after a lovely Sunday of worship) I head into the country with the friend that I am staying with. This is a little tradition for us to have a country outing every time I come to Melbourne. (Previous outings included a Vanilla Slice adventure!) This time we were headed to Ballarat. I managed...
CONTINUE READINGI am Melbourne over Easter and beyond for a little break. I came down with Chris Haldane (keep an eye on her instagram feed for some of her amazing work) to sketch and meet up with friends – in particular our great friend Alissa Duke who moved to Melboune last year (we miss her a...
CONTINUE READINGDuring Tuesday’s outing, I did some right-hand sketching – it was a lot of fun and I found it quite comfortable, even though I don’t have the same amount of control. I did this for an entire week(or was it a fortnight) last June (see here and here and here and here with a photo!)....
CONTINUE READINGMarch has been out of control(in a good way!) with visitors! So here are a few more sketches… Thursday: First, a rare sketching moment to myself at the wonderful 80 Bay cafe in Ultimo. I finally got a chance to get my smashed ipad screen fixed at a great nearby repair place… amazing how good...
CONTINUE READINGEarlier in the year, through an amazing sequence of events, Francis from Singapore discovered one of his sketches was used on a wall in a Singaporean restaurant in Shanghai. Within minutes of his posting this on facebook, the adjacent food sketch was recognized as mine. What a great example of the power of social media…and...
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