After 10 nights in Newcastle, I headed inland along the Hunter River to Maitland and surrounding areas for 4 nights. The Hunter Valley wine region is the most famous area connected with the Hunter River, but that wasn’t my focus for this brief visit. In Maitland there is a new-ish riverwalk along the flood embankment...
CONTINUE READINGThis week I’m doing mini road trips to various towns/villages in the Lower Hunter region. On Monday morning I drove down to the tiny historic coal mining town of Catherine Hill Bay. I’ve been to this location a number of times in the past as I designed a house here (back in the days when...
CONTINUE READINGI’m having a great time in Newcastle – there is so much to explore and sketch here. And I’m continuing to experiment with mixing coloured pencils with watercolour. There are a lot of images in this article so I’m just going to get straight into it. Wednesday A lovely local coffee and smashed avo for...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve had a wonderful first few days here in Newcastle. Despite a lot of rain forecasted, it’s been mainly dry and the rain hasn’t affected my sketching plans at all. (Super thankful for that!) Newcastle I’ve been to Newcastle many times in my life but nearly exclusively for day trips (including some workshops a few...
CONTINUE READINGI certainly enjoyed doing this teacup sketch on Saturday morning before I drove off for a 2 week sketching trip. It was nice to be working wet-on-wet again! But I intend to continue to use coloured pencils (or watercolour pencils)! I’m in Newcastle this week and I’ll share the first few days worth of sketching...
CONTINUE READINGWell, I did it – I completed an entire sketchbook without any paint! 🙂 Watercolour is still my favourite medium (by far!) but it’s been really great to have a significant break from it. I’ve absolutely loved using coloured pencils (CPs) during the past month and plan to continue to use them in my everyday...
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