In December I asked you to vote on which teapot I should use next, and Zanzibar won! It’s a rather complex pattern with lots of different colours – see this previous article for my detailed analysis of the design. I used the Zanzibar pot all throughout January but I don’t really have any teacups that...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve just hosted a public live sketchbook tour and Q&A session on YouTube. I shared thoughts on 1. creating a narrative of my life 2. experimentation 3. sketchbook page design. Click on the image above or here to watch the replay. Thanks to everyone who attended live!
CONTINUE READINGI’m really enjoying going through my Sketchbook Design course again and I’m especially loving our interactive livestreams! Last week we had a fun session when we explored a number of different ways of how I could finish off a page. There were so many great suggestions from the chat and I created three different options...
CONTINUE READINGAfter all the comments and questions from Monday’s article, I thought I should document my current secondary bag which is the patterned tote in this photo. The Baggallini bag in the other article is the everyday bag that I take everywhere with me – so it also holds my wallet, sunglasses and other personal items...
CONTINUE READINGI’m absolutely loving my new sketch and walk routine and I’m particularly enjoying using coloured pencils for quick urban sketching standing up. Three common barriers to sketching on location are: worrying about what people think of you finding somewhere to sit getting your gear out (in particular, getting your watercolour paints out) And hmmm… another...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve had a number of questions about my current bag lately so I thought it was time for an update… For the last 12 months or so I’ve been using a Baggallini Everywhere Bag and loving it! I used a Hedgren Clapham cross-body bag (in red and in blue) for many years and while it...
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