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June Nature Journal Spread

Nature Journaling in June – Week 3 and 4

June has seen another couple of weeks of warm sunny weather, with a brief thunderstorm thrown in halfway through! I've not sketched in my nature journal every day, but have tried to keep it up as much as possible. It is good to remind myself that I don't have to…

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Nature Journaling in June – Week Two

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…

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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 on a ‘Sensory Safari’, having us pay attention to our sensory experiences of the natural world. Each day has a…

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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 feeling the overwhelm of Christmas starting, and hope that the sketching may help me escape it in some way, but…

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Playing with Orange Ink

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…

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