I’m now back from a wonderful 6-day road trip and I’m ready to start sharing my sketches of some beautiful historic towns from Bathurst to Canowindra. There are a lot of pages to scan! I was using an Alpha sketchbook and dry media (see this article for more about that) and my goals were: to...
CONTINUE READINGThis week I’ve been away exploring a number of historic towns in the Central Tablelands and returning to some places that I visited during my epic 6 week roadtrip in 2021. Technically this trip is not a roadtrip as I’m staying in the same accommodation all week and I’m simply driving to a different town...
CONTINUE READINGLast week I acquired some new vintage teacups from a friend. She recently discovered a number of boxes full of her grandmother’s china (apparently she liked collecting individual teacups) and after the family members took what they wanted there were 9 teacups left. I ended up taking four of them! I know, I know, I...
CONTINUE READINGA few weeks ago I received a lovely set of Faber Castell graphite pencils inside my Colour4Life box (see more here) and I know that a number of you have been waiting to hear about the Pitt Graphite Matt Pencils. These pencils have been designed to reduce the silvery shine of traditional graphite pencils –...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been continuing to use the Colour4Life selection of Albrecht Durer pencils sent to me by Faber Castell Australia (as part of their annual competition – see more here) and I’ve been really enjoying the challenge of using colours that I wouldn’t normally choose. As I mentioned last week, this set doesn’t have any browns...
CONTINUE READINGI have a mini-roadtrip of 6 days coming up soon and I’m trying to decide which sketchbook I should use. I’m absolutely loving using the Square Softcover Alpha book by Stillman and Birn and so I’ve been thinking… should I take that book with me? Pros It’s lightweight and such a nice size to...
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