After a long break, I decided to start working through my teacup collection again! I’ve almost exclusively been drinking from this green glass cup and using a cream teapot (both are dishwasher-friendly) this year, but I recently decided I needed a little more colour and pattern in my life! So I’m now in a phase...
CONTINUE READINGLast week, I had a video call with Andrew James from Wellington, New Zealand. (Aside: Andrew is doing lots of fun reels at the moment on Instagram here and writes wonderful weekly articles on his Substack here.) While we talked, I did some reflex sketching of the things on my desk. The funny thing was...
CONTINUE READINGThanks to our ‘Darks’ themes this month inside my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon, I’m doing some night sketching. And loving it! Here is the side door to St Andrews Cathedral and the entrance to Sydney Town Hall. It’s the perfect time of the year for night sketching here in Sydney, as it’s getting...
CONTINUE READINGThis month inside my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon, we have the theme of ‘darks‘. There are lots of different aspects possible to this theme – focusing on shadow shapes and starting with the darks, painting black objects, using more dark colours, night sketching. I’m exploring all of these… but I’m also doing a series...
CONTINUE READINGI’m super excited to be hosting another 3-week Live Version of my popular Travel Sketching course starting next week on Wednesday 13 May This will be a chance to work through the lessons with an inspiring group of sketchers from around the world and participate in 3 bonus weekly livestreams. Find out more about the...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been using Inktense pencils and Tombow markers for the last few months (thanks to our ‘Unused Supplies’ January theme inside my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon) and since my New Zealand trip, I’ve tried to reduce my selection. It’s been so hard to do this as there are just so many nice colours –...
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