I’ve recently returned from an amazing short trip to France, including the 14th Annual International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Toulouse. I did a lot of mixed media sketching (filling 2 x 8×10 Alpha softcover sketchbooks – although I have lots of incomplete pages!) and had special times with art friends. My trip involved a 4-day...
CONTINUE READINGIn June, I had a lot of fun trying new things in my morning sketches. I decided to use a lot of opaque media (mostly Neocolor II and acrylic markers, with only a little watercolour), work larger (going to the edge of the page) and at times, to intentionally lean my vertical lines. Here is...
CONTINUE READINGI’m preparing for an upcoming trip to Europe for the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Toulouse. Looking forward to it! I’ll be teaching how to combine dry media with watercolour during my demo titled ‘Mixed Media Architecture’, and so I’ve been doing a lot of experimentation in the past few weeks to work out what to...
CONTINUE READINGThis year, I decided to have a go at the annual 30×30 Direct Watercolour challenge hosted by my friends Marc Taro Holmes and Uma Kelkar. It’s been 4 years since I last participated, and this year I modified the challenge to suit the fact that I’m in serious Trip Prep mode and exploring different dry...
CONTINUE READINGIf you haven’t already heard… I’m hosting a 12-week Group Self-Paced Version of Foundations – starting this week on Wednesday, 18 June 2026. This will be a chance to sketch your way through Foundations alongside an inspiring cohort of sketchers worldwide! Each week, you’ll be prompted to move on to the next section of...
CONTINUE READINGA few nights ago I was in the mood for some scanning (really!?!) and the result is this blog article! It contains sketches using our recent Patreon themes of framing and darks (night time sketching, back lighting and varied shadow colours), plus some mixed media work. Note: I’ve finally started using my Neocolor IIs again...
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