Between appointments today I had a chance to visit my favourite cafe in Crows Nest – Sparrow. I do find it hard to resist drawing my cup of tea! It is like a reflex action now these days. I am normally not happy when I have a clumsy moment and smudge my wet paint, but...
CONTINUE READINGAfter all the long blog posts recently… it is time for a breather. Not a break but at least one short post – or a short- ER one! I am never quite sure what will happen when I start writing but my intention is not to make this long. I am pleased to report that...
CONTINUE READINGLast week I was musing about why I was struggling with the Every Day in May challenge and decided that I needed at least one of three motivators 1. subject matter 2. desire to play 3. time to become engaged. Whilst not directly related to the EDiM challenge, this theme ties in with something that...
CONTINUE READINGOn Friday I had an ‘out and about’ day. I started with a morning/lunch catchup with Jane Blundell (catching up and testing art materials and tools!) and then met Chris Haldane in Newtown at 3.30pm for an afternoon sketch and then an early dinner. So here are my sketches from the day (I am not...
CONTINUE READINGIt has taken me so long to get around to writing this review… but finally here is it. I want to share with you my thoughts about Marc Taro Holmes’ book “the Urban Sketcher”. If you haven’t bought this book, I highly recommend that you do, and if you have bought it, why not pull...
CONTINUE READING=Thanks to everyone who commented on yesterday’s post about pushing oneself for a challenge (EDiM in particular). Some really great responses and thoughts in the comment section – I encourage you to go and check it out and even add your thoughts to the discussion. Great discussion on facebook too! As is often the case...
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