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Starting a Watercolour Moleskine again

April 12, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
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Here is the first page… it is VERY strange to be using a different book and to be using a moleskine – over 2 years since I last used one. So much has happened in that time – generally and with my sketching and composition. The explosion of the cerulean blue is the result of...

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Books and Tea Cosies

April 9, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
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My other sketches from Saturday – before the Sketchabout  

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Garden Sketchabout 5: The Herb Garden

April 9, 2011 | 1 Comment
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Another HUGE day – I didn’t get home till 8.45pm today…. thankfully I had actually finished all my sketches today on location so all I had to do was add a few notes while having my post dinner cuppa and here they all are… Another WONDERFUL sketchabout…and the most perfect day weather wise as well!...

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Friday sketches: sketchbook change, gym and people sketching

April 8, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
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too busy to ramble away(do I mean ramble along?) with my usual nonsense about these… so read my scribbles for explanation. Have a good weekend everyone!      

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Thursday architectural sketch and an exhibition opening

April 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
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Just a quick sketch at lunchtime and splash of paint tonight. This evening I went to opening of a wonderful exhbition of Nicola Moir‘s wonderful watercolours in Clovelly. She is a part of the Sydney Urban Sketchers group and we recently met at the second Garden sketchabout. So inspiring for me to see some large...

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Garden Sketchabout 4: Music in the gardens and two tearoom visits

April 2, 2011 | 7 Comments
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 Another HUGE sketching Saturday… As per my sketchabout tradition, I started the day with a walk across the Harbour Bridge and a visit to Tara Tearoom. The tearoom is located on a street with markets so there are plenty of people to sketch if I sit outside!!! I have realised that one of the big...

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