My Artistic Journey: 5 Reasons Why I’m Starting a 100-Day Drawing Challenge
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…
Nature Journaling Week – Part Three
What a fantastic week I have had, following along and joining in with the weekly prompts! The last 3 days had flavour, movement and heart as the prompts, and I…
Sketching Pigeons
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…
International Nature Journaling Week – Part Two
I am so enjoying taking part in this year's International Nature Journaling Week! It has reignited my love of nature journaling, and I love having the daily prompts and inspiration…
Nature Journaling Week – Part One
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…
How to Start a Nature Journal
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…
Adventures in printmaking
Back in the summer, my mum and I signed up for a printmaking course with our local creative art community. I’d dabbled in Lino cut years ago, and made about…
My Outdoor Sketching Kit
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…
Experimenting with new Art Materials
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…
Autumn Leaves
Sketching Roundup – October and November 2021
I feel like I am getting back into the sketching groove a bit this week, making a commitment to myself to sketch every day, and try to continue. I am…