A few weeks ago I went to Merrylands Central Gardens Nature Reserve with a friend from Brazil (who had never seen a kangaroo before) and my brother’s family (four kids aged 8-14). I’m so amazed that this free mini zoo exists and impressed by how many Australian animals it contains. It was very hard to...
CONTINUE READINGOne final article about my trip to Wellington New Zealand earlier this year… I filmed a video sharing the highlights! To watch on YouTube please click on image above or here. And here is an index to all my articles and videos about this trip… Wellington 2026 Index Blog articles: Wellington 2026 Part 1: First...
CONTINUE READINGThis month inside my Sketching Adventure Community on Patreon we’ve been exploring the theme of ‘three’ and it’s been a lot of fun. I am seeing ‘threes’ in lots of different aspects of my sketching including: using a watercolour triad (discovering three colours which work together well and have enough pigment variation!) sketching three objects...
CONTINUE READINGWell, the OneWeek100People challenge is over for another year – and what a great week it was! I did two rounds of 100 and was interviewed for a newspaper article. Some years I don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to the challenge (so I know what it’s like to approach the 100 goal...
CONTINUE READINGDay 1: 24 completed! I haven’t been sketching people much lately and as I didn’t get a chance beforehand to warm-up and work out my tools I decided to start this year’s challenge at home working from photos. I intend to sketch on location this week, but I just wanted to start easily. Plus it...
CONTINUE READINGLast month I taught a 2-day workshop on Cockatoo Island. It was an expanded version of my Sketching with Shapes workshop and the extra day allowed me to add edges and watercolour exercises before we focused on shapes. It was also the first time I’ve taught a two-day workshop for a number of years and...
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