This past weekend we had the unexpected pleasure of camping with a family that have been friends of ours since before we were married. We have been through a lot together, but of late, life’s stages have meant that we haven’t seen a lot of each other. So…we jumped at the chance to spend some [...]

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A Parisian woman watches on I’ve been back from France now for almost three months and finally I can say that I am making progress on my book! Yay! I have finished the actual travelogue part of my journals, and I’m working on approximately 30 supplementary sketches to fill out the second Moleskine. Today I [...]

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Figuring out how my paints behave on the Moleskine watercolour paper is fun!! learning how to do maps and freehand lettering… Crap photo…but practising buildings… Sketches during worship this morning… Loving that I am making time to draw so much.

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I am LOVING sketching with ink and watercolour! The results are so immediate and fun!  I think I could sit and do this all day long Here are two that I did this week:  

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One of my architectural practice pieces for the trip… I’m too excited to keep this a secret any longer! I have been inspired by the beautiful Blurb books created by Liz Steel showcasing her urban sketches and adventures with Borrmini, that I am thinking that I will create a Blurb book of my own from [...]

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I am thinking I’ll take a watercolour Moley to France later in the year as my travel journal, so I decided to do some experimenting today…here are the somewhat less than stellar results! Adapting to the new page shape is an undexpected challenge too!

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Here are a couple of drawings from the last couple of weeks…

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Quick scribble in my watercolour Moleskine to see how the paper behaves differently to the pages in the sketchbook Moleskines. I like the way it takes the colour! The think, rough paper really soaks up the colour. I had a rough time with he watercolour beading up on the sketchbook paper, so this lovely new [...]

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My family and I have just returned from a camping holiday around Tasmania. This is my first attempt at capturing snippets of my holiday in my sketch journal. I enjoyed the process a lot, and learned that I really should take some lessons to learn to handle watercolours better. The sketches reside in my beautiful [...]

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