little french villages
6 September 2017
Two months in France have just flown by and I have finished my first large sketchbook - the Fabriano one shown above. I've also added scores of little landscapes sketches to my little pocket Moleskine...
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sketching little spanish villages
18 August 2017
My poor blog has been unattended as we travel through Europe, because we haven't had enough mobile data to keep it up to date. Today I'm at a friend's house in France and I thought I'd hop onto their ...
hiking sketch kit
13 August 2017
I've taken sketching gear pretty much everywhere with me. I even took a super super lightweight kit with me when we went on a climbing trip to Patagonia. But over the years my hiking kit has become mo...
autumn inspiration
25 April 2017
It's a crazy life. This week we've been immersed in enjoying autumn and next week we'll be enjoying spring. Yes, it's time to pack again for our annual migration to the Northern Hemisphere. Time to pa...
putting in the time : talent vs determination
6 December 2016
Here is a Chaffinch. He's the smartest dressed bird in my garden. He never goes out unless he is perfectly groomed :-) And here's what I read about Chaffinches. They make lots of chip and cheep calls,...
life's too short to suntan
13 October 2016
If you had said to us a month ago that we were beach people we would have scoffed. "You mean, like, lying in the sun, reading a book, on your tiny patch of sand, with a hundred other people. No way!" ...
urban sketch spain - step by step
7 September 2016
Bestue, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, near the national park of Ordesa & Monte Perdido had the following description on the tourist map we have ... "one of the villages in Sobrarbe that has most s...
the time it takes
20 August 2016
Almost everyone who pages through my sketchbook asks 'How long does one of your paintings take?' The answer is ... around about 2 hours. That's a long time to sit in one spot! But here's the thing. I ...
urban sketch in italy - step by step
5 August 2016
I thought it would be fun to take a series of shots showing the steps I take when doing one of my urban sketches. Here is the scene I chose. It's in the tiny town of Daghei in the Dolomites in Italy. ...