exploring the fjords in norway
13 July 2015
We're in beautiful Norway again. Camping in the van, climbing by the sea, swimming in alpine lakes. It's hard to beat Norway in the sunshine for beauty.
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summertime flowers
7 July 2015
Wildflowers in Europe in summertime! Its hard to take a walk without spending most of the time crawling on your knees and taking photos on macro setting. I find myself sketching one tiny flower while ...
an alternative view
13 June 2015
I always get a kick of of it when locals don't recognise the view I've sketched. This is the case in both the sketches above. While locals recognised their village church in the sketch at the top, the...
back in France
9 June 2015
Here is one of our favourite places in the world ... the Gorges de la Bourne in the Vercors mountains just south of Grenoble. This valley has rock climbing, BASE jumping and lots of old villages perfe...
new travel sketchbook
29 May 2015
You'll be seeing a lot of this book over the next few months. But most the photos will probably be of the inside so I thought you might like to see the cover. I always have fun with the cover. They're...
packing for the next adventure
28 May 2015
Next week we leave for the European summer for some adventuring and painting. Here, in New Zealand, it's very cold and wintery, so I'm looking forward to catching some UV. Our first stop will be Franc...
out and about with my sketchbook
21 May 2015
Winter has arrived with a bang and after about 10 days of continuous rain (more rain in one go than I ever remember), the sun came out, the clouds cleared and revealed the mountains all covered in fre...
painting \
22 January 2015
Last week we did a two day hike on the West Coast of New Zealand. This world heritage area is huge, wild and undeveloped. We spent day 1 walking through rivers and incredible rain forest. And day 2 we...
my peachy rose
18 January 2015
I only have one rosebush in my garden and it is an unusual peach colour. When we bought our house 10 years ago the very large garden was pretty much empty. It had 2 native bushes, a couple of ornament...