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…
Challenge Time! I rediscovered my love of sketching around 5 years ago, and have come a long way since my first tentative sketchbook. Along the way, I have captured many memories of daily life and my family, and whilst my practise has been generally consistent, I want to push myself…
As a member of Emma Carlisle's Patreon club, I get to join in on some live zoom sketch-a-longs, which I find really fun, and inspiring! It is lovely to sit down and spend some dedicated time sketching, and I really appreciate the community feel from these sessions - even if…
This week sees the 4th year of International Nature Journaling week, run by the lovely Bethan Burton, from the Journaling with Nature podcast. This year, the week will take us on a ‘Sensory Safari’, having us pay attention to our sensory experiences of the natural world. Each day has a…
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…
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…
This week has been a busy week with the boys home for their last week of the Easter holidays, but I have managed to squeeze a fair bit of time into sketching and learning time. I have continued to work through Liz Steel’s SketchingNow watercolour course, and have technically finished,…
I’ve been a fan of Liz Steel’s work for a long time now, and she has been an instructor on a couple of courses I have taken with Sketchbook Skool, so when an artist I follow on Instagram, Patrice Sketches, posted about her experiences taking the watercolour course, I was…