Yesterday, I took the boys to Lyme Regis with my Sister-in-Law and her lovely girls. Lyme Regis is a gorgeous fishing town and beach in Dorset, and only about an hour's drive from my home. The weather was looking changeable, but we went for it! I packed trunks for the…
This Summer seems to be all about taking on little art challenges! As well as the Tiny Print Tuesday Challenge, and the International Nature Journaling Week that I took part in, I have also joined the lovely Don's (@the.curious.sketcher on instagram) tiny sketch challenge for July. I am really enjoying…
Following on from my post last week where I introduced my printmaking project - taking part in the weekly tiny print tuesday hashtag on instagram by Flintcat, I managed to create another print for this week, and thought I would share it here. Because I love journaling, I thought it…
I got into printmaking last Autumn when I enrolled on a course to learn more about different printmaking techniques. It is such a wonderful art form, and the more you dive in, the deeper and deeper you can go - it's such a massively huge area, spanning centuries and continents!…
I recently joined Koosje Koene’s Patreon, as I have been such big fan of hers since I started sketching again, and was really delighted to see she was hosting an online zoom workshop in June. The topic was sketching greens, since everything is so green this time of year, and…
After five years of sketching and on and off bullet journaling for even longer, it is time for a review of my system. I seem to be constantly carrying around way too many notebooks and sketchbooks! They clutter my desk, the coffee table, the kitchen table, my car - wherever…
Following on from a wonderful week of joining in with International Nature Journaling Week, I am thrilled to say I have continued into a second week! I am continuing to nature journal in my cheap (50p!) Jackson's A6 studio sketchbook from Jackson’s art supply shop - I think the paper…
In this fast-paced world dominated by screens and technology, taking the time to connect with nature has become increasingly important for our well-being. A wonderful way to foster this connection is through the art of nature journaling. What is a Nature Journal? A nature journal serves as a personal record…
Over the years, my kit has developed (and mostly expanded!). I still love the simplicity of just ink and watercolour, but I have experimented with, and enjoy, new materials such as neocolour, and colour pencils. This is fine when you are sitting indoors, with all your art supplies to hand,…
Kosovo Landscape My sister bought me some gorgeous Derwent Graphitint paints for my birthday. They have lovely muted colours, and seem to granulate with the graphite particles in them. I really love them. They dry quite desaturated, and therefore really need either more layers, or another medium to give some…