I’ve decided to use Alpha 8×10″ softcover sketchbooks on my upcoming Europe trip and as I haven’t used this format much in recent months I decided to do a review of two trips where I did use this book. Port Macquarie Trip 2024 and Bathurst Road Trip 2023. I also found a few examples from...
CONTINUE READINGThis month in my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon our theme is watercolour and as I was recently sent two sketchbooks from Etchr (thanks Ania!) I thought it would be a good time to revisit these books which contain 100% cotton paper. I was sent Etchr Sketchbooks – a Square book 8″ in Hot Press...
CONTINUE READINGMy favourite pages in travel sketchbooks are often ones that contain maps, and so last week I did a review of some of my travel sketchbooks to get some inspiration for my upcoming big trip to Europe. I discovered that I haven’t drawn many maps in recent years, and on previous trips to Europe (2016-2019)...
CONTINUE READINGIn the last few weeks, I’ve been having lots of fun thinking about what materials I will take on my big upcoming trip to Europe. I’ll be travelling for approximately 2 months, and in between several teaching events, I hope to be sketching non-stop. I have a busy schedule and expect that at times I...
CONTINUE READINGLast week, I caught up with Jane Blundell, whom I hadn’t seen in ages. We sat with the sun on our backs for about 3 hours sketching and talking non-stop! It was so good! These two sketches were a good example of reflex sketching (not really concentrating on my work), while also experimenting with some...
CONTINUE READINGThis month, we’ve been exploring the theme of ‘Limited Palettes’ inside my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon, and once again, I have found having a whole month to explore a single concept with a group to be super inspiring! I had hoped that thinking about limited palettes would help me reduce the number of tools...
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