How sketching and open water swimming are linked! A new sketch series.
Earlier this year I started open water swimming. Once you get over the slightly daunting aspect of swimming in converted 20 foot + deep quarries [...]
Can a Sketchbook Build Memories? The Feel Good Factor of a Sketchbook.
I have now had a daily sketchbook habit for over 2 years. Some days I can sketch for 5 minutes or manage a blob of [...]
How to Use your Sketchbook to Develop your Ideas into Final Artworks. Sketching One Object Over and Over…..
Perhaps it seems odd that I am starting this blog post with the following word. Teapots. The global coronvirus pandemic that has permeated the fabric [...]
How to Start a Sketchbook Journal.
How to start a sketchbook? You flip open a brand new one, keen to get going and then stop and think, "where do I [...]
Another Sketchbook Flipthrough. September 2019 to April 2020
Sketching every day is continually important. Its never about being perfect but a place to record ideas, scribble a fleeting thought or capture an image [...]
How to paint a chicken! A bit of fun!
There are some simple steps to painting this watercolour chicken. Here are 3 stages of the process; Start by using a light watercolour wash and [...]
The Small Drawing!
I'm a big fan of small drawings! The first time I started to think about them was when I was visiting Vienna and I came [...]
The Urban Sketchers Movement. A Global Phenomenon!
If you sketch, chances are that you will find yourself drawing the urban world around you. From the street you live on, the architecture you [...]
The Reasons to Keep a Sketchbook.
The first thing to mention is that everyone can keep a sketchbook. There is no such thing as not being good enough to keep one. [...]
Why I’m in love with KPMG’s Leeds Sovereign Square office…
Designed by urban regeneration specialist Muse Developments and built by Morgan Sindall, I seem to be having a love affair with a building from the [...]