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…
Sketchbook #1 First Tentative Steps into a Sketchbook Habit I think I first started thinking about keeping a sketchbook in about 2015, when I was pregnant with my third child. I had discovered Jennie Maizel’s Sketchbook Club on my google searches, looking for inspiration and ideas on how to start…
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…
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…
I have started to really enjoy being part of a Virtual Travel group at Sketchbook Skool. Every week, a new destination is set, and so far I have traveled to Jerusalem, Santiago, Antarctica and Ålesund! It’s really nice to be in a little community of other sketchers that are all…
I had a lot of fun this week taking part in the Draw May the 4th challenge on Instagram. This was set up by @montrealsketcher @chrissketching and @david__sketches The challenge ran over the 4 days leading up to, and including May the 4th, with these prompts: StarshipArchitecture DroidDark Side 1.…
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,…
Sometimes I like to do a sketch first thing in the morning, with my first coffee of the day. I think it is a nice way to wake up, rather than checking in on emails or social media, and I also think the brain is not awake enough to overthink…
I have several different coloured inks from Rohrer and Klinger’s SketchInk range, and have filled some fountain pens with black, grey and orange... I never really use the orange, so thought I would start playing to see how I like it! SketchInk SketchInk is waterproof, meaning you can watercolour over…
As a member of Sketchbook Skool, I joined a new group that posts a new destination every week, and you get to travel there virtually and choose your sightseeing sketching from the comfort of your device :) This is my first week joining in, and the destination is Jerusalem! What…