After Monday’s article, I decided to track down the other recent ‘details’ page that I mentioned. I realised that I never shared it here on the blog and think that it’s worthy of its own post. These super neat sketches of mine (a bit out of character hey?) were done for a 3-day workshop I...
CONTINUE READINGOn Friday I went back into the City for another sketching outing. I wanted to revisit James Barnet’s Police Station while I still had sunlight on the facade and I wanted to do a little investigation for another project which I have coming up in August. As a result of my exploration of the area...
CONTINUE READINGOne of my favourite uses for my sketchbook is to document the mundane things in everyday life, and I love using it as a way to make me commit to a project at home. As a general rule, I use my Bullet Journal for planning (so it’s for things in the future) and my sketchbook...
CONTINUE READINGLast week during the first livestream of the current Edges Group Run-through, I discussed four versions of my Royal Albert, 1940s English Chintz cup. Afterwards, I decided to get the cup out and have another go. I’m not sure that I’ve ever done a direct watercolour version, so that is what I did this morning....
CONTINUE READINGOn Friday I went into town in order to sketch a few James Barnet buildings. Since coming home I’ve started reading two books all about his work. The more I research, the more I’m realising his significance and the more I’m becoming a fan! His most important building is the Sydney General Post Office (GPO)...
CONTINUE READINGI thought it would be fun to put together, in one blogpost, all the JimmyB (James Barnet) sketches that I did during my 6-week trip. Searching out and sketching the JimmyBs in every town I visited became a big theme of my trip. But this was something that developed en route. It actually all started...
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