As mentioned in an earlier article (see here) I spent the month of September using collage in my everyday sketching (thanks to the monthly theme of Starting on Colour inside my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon) I loved this challenge so much – it was great for abstracting shapes and playing with colour and pattern....
CONTINUE READINGIn preparation for last week’s Sketchbook Design livestream, I did a little review of the maps I’ve done recently. And in the process, I realised that I haven’t been drawing maps much at all! So here is a few maps that I found… And when I have drawn maps while travelling, I’ve kept them really...
CONTINUE READINGI’m absolutely loving going through my Sketchbook Design course again with an amazing cohort. So much fun! It’s giving me a chance to rethink how I use text and headings, and it’s reminding me how much I love ‘colour blocks’. These are coloured backgrounds that can really make your pages pop! I typically use them...
CONTINUE READINGNow that I’ve finally finished sharing my France adventures, it’s time to catch up on my everyday sketching. This month we have the theme of Starting on Colour over in my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon and I’m using this theme to explore collage. I did a really fun workshop at the Urban Sketchers Symposium...
CONTINUE READINGThis will be the last article from my recent trip to France – and it’s a chance for me to share a few composite images I created in the lead up to Sketchbook Design. They show a collection of double-page spreads from the two 8×10 Alpha softcover sketchbooks I filled during my 3 week trip....
CONTINUE READINGAfter the symposium in Toulouse, I had a four-day road trip with my friend Francoise. She was driving back to Belgium and dropped me off at Charles de Gaulle Airport on the way. We visited a number of gorgeous places on the way – all fairly close to the most direct route, which you can...
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