I am spending as much time as I can these days in the Sydney Botanic Gardens (I will explain why in a week or so) and have started a separate sketchbook for my garden sketches. Here are a few that I did on Saturday – it wasn’t the most pleasant day… I find high humidity...
CONTINUE READINGA number of people have asked me for some tips on composition from sketchbook pages…. I think that rather than give a few ‘rules’ I would try to explain my thought processes for a few pages. So here are two spread from Saturday in the state they were when I got home. Often I have...
CONTINUE READINGJust another one of my title pages. It is a good challenge to think of something different each time….
CONTINUE READINGOne of the nice things about doing a big spring clean is coming across unexpected delights. This is one of them – my first attempt at travel journalling! Rewind the clock about 20 years: I was in my early days studying architecture (my writing not fully architectural-ized yet) and this is one of the...
CONTINUE READINGAnother great Earl Grey tea in Crows Nest and nice friendly baristas! Would love to know what brand this tea is because it was really nice! This is part of my review of the earl grey tea that is on offer in cafes in Crows Nest Sydney. The rest of the series is here
CONTINUE READINGA Big Change (of angle) Somewhat crazy late night sketch of a a big change in my so-called ‘studio corner’. I still have my huge B0 drawing board and left handed drafting machine from my university days (when shock horror I did manual drafting!) Normally it is flat and the back half is the most...
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