A fun day of sketching on Xmas Eve…the only drama was that I forgot to take my paint tin with me! I had a few pencils and some peerless paints. As it was a big sketching day… I bought 6 tubes of standard paints and a small pencil set to use as a temporary palette....
CONTINUE READINGI feel almost embarrassed that I am on holidays again (I only feel like I just got back from the big one!) I have never felt less like it was Xmas and summer holidays…but I started my holidays in the usual way by a visit to the place that makes me chill the most (the...
CONTINUE READINGWhen I started this project I didn’t expect all the Earl Greys to be good but have been pleasantly surprised generally. But today was below par – Twining teabag…groan. Definitely below par sketch too but I’m in the pre-holiday ‘rattiness’ and the cafe and view were not very inspiring. This is part of my review...
CONTINUE READINGBefore I started playing with watercolours I used to have fun in photoshop. This is a card I made for Christmas 2007….I am been so busy scanning that I haven’t had the time to do anything this year!! Slack slack… I know! I am not really into Christmas (see note below)so I often give holiday...
CONTINUE READINGWow! It’s been a massive task to scan and upload all these sketches so I thought it was important to celebrate the completion of this achievement with a summary post. So this one includes an index in chronological order of all my Big Trip 2010 posts and a few of my favourite sketches. Trip prep...
CONTINUE READINGHere is the second half of my big trip in full. Click on the combo images to see at high resolution. Volume 5: Driving through England – Cardiff – London This is my most ambitious and draining part of the trip – quite a lot of driving, over stimulation in going to numerous magnificent great...
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