in 5 days …. is a fairly typical trip-rate for me! What is not so typical is being with friends on all three occasions. Social tearoom visits can have serious impact on my sketching – it is just too hard to chat, eat scones, drink tea and concentrate on my art all at the same...
CONTINUE READINGBack home and starting to scan my Port Macquarie sketches…. here is the double page spread of the rocks at Flynns Beach. I am slightly addicted to painting these rocks. This is definitely my favourite sketch of the trip! There are some pretty crazy watercolour textures in this sketch… I was playing with the pigment...
CONTINUE READINGA visual of the last two days – although I am having a break I am still sketching, still posting and still drawing teacups! Hopeless case…. if you haven’t guessed I find it hard to slow down! But I am having lots of quality social time and not glued to my computer! I am also,...
CONTINUE READING1. Venezia Book by Fabriano. I have been wanting to try one of these for ages, so two weeks ago when I saw one on the counter at my local store – The Artscene – I couldn’t resist. The first thing I did was what I do on every the first page – a sketch...
CONTINUE READINGAnother catchup post full of my daily sketches from the last few days – with a few insights into how I use my sketchbook. The opening sketch is, of course, another teacup sketch – and this one with cake and my cosied pot. I had a birthday on the weekend and don’t really make much...
CONTINUE READINGAlthough I don’t promote my illustration work very much (at all!) I have done the odd job in the past 18 months. I am often not able to share what I am working on at the time and then neglect to do a post once they are released or used! This week it was time...
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