The second week of my summer break was a little less busy. I still had a few sketching outings but I had a few quiet days at home and did some work. But the big change was starting an 11×14 spiral bound Stillman and Birn Alpha. This is a big book – even larger than...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s time for my Yearly Review article, sharing thoughts about the sketching I managed to do during 2021. So here is my official sketchbook photo for the year. 🙂 This collection includes: 14 x Everyday sketching books (mostly 8x 10 Softcover Alpha with one 8×10 Softcover Gamma and one 8.5 x 5.5 Softcover Alpha –...
CONTINUE READINGFor many years I’ve had a tradition of lining up all the sketchbooks from a year and flipping through them on NYE. This year I wanted to do a more serious review and so I’ve been taking all week to go through them. I’m looking at every page carefully and reading every word. I’m also...
CONTINUE READINGLast week I received an incredible gift from Faber Castell Australia – a box full of wonderful goodies. I’ve not had any contact with them previously so this was totally out of the blue… and the best kind of Xmas present! 🙂 I was completely blown away! I’ve been using FC products for years (think...
CONTINUE READINGI hope that you had a great Christmas with loved ones and lots of yummy food. 🙂 I generally don’t make a fuss for Xmas (you can read more about that here) but this year I had some lovely time with family – including a roast dinner with my parents (a sleepover) on Xmas Eve...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s been a great week… but a lot has been happening! I’ve been doing plenty of sketching, spending time with family and still getting time to relax. So it’s been hard to find time to blog! It’s been really good to have time to do ‘just-for-me’ sketching which has generated new ideas to explore further....
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