Putting two incidents from ones day can lead to a strange juxtaposition in my sketchbook. The vibrant colours of my palette and ageing sandstone gravestones was a bit of a challenge to tie the page together. What they have in common is I did both in extremely short period of time. Now for two questions...
CONTINUE READINGThis month I received this LOVELY postcard from the colour pencil queen Katherine Tyrrell from London! This is a sketch of a Bonnard painting thatshe saw auctioned at Christies for 7.2M GBP that is a lot of money! PoorKatherine has had trouble with her feet lately and hasn¹t been able to get out for...
CONTINUE READINGNow how many of you knew that I used to be addicted to going to the gym? I do not really portray a totally balanced view of my life by what I choose to sketch – to think that I have NEVER sketched my sneakers/sandshoes/trainers/joggers (whatever you call them) before. Despite my recent lack...
CONTINUE READINGWell today was the first of six Garden Sketchabout at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney as part of the Sydney Morning Herald Autumn of the Arts festival…and can I just say up front that it was WONDERFUL!!!!! I was a little on edge with anticipation this morning so after a brisk hot walk across the...
CONTINUE READINGPacking my bag for tomorrow’s garden sketchabout. Earlier in the week…. Thursday night…random trees I have a dedicated garden sketchbook which I have been using in preparation for upcoming Garden Sketchabouts I wasn’t sure what to do for the title page – somehow I wanted to include the logo and my sketching tools (keeping...
CONTINUE READING… there was a special lift out guide to the SMH Autumn of the Arts festival in the Royal Botanic Gardens. Inside there was a big ad and an article on the upcoming Sketchabouts. The ad contains my sketch and the article featured me!?! But what I would like to stress is that I...
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