with Sketchbook Skool Aaaaaages ago, when I was first thinking about properly getting into art, I wanted to just learn…
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there’s more than one type of tapir?
Apparently so… On Sundays I like to try something that’s a break from the usual bird business, and I recently…
too hot to paint
until now Ugh, I am not a fan of hot weather, and much as I like the sunshine and flowers…
hornet nest relocation
European hornets in a bird box Last year, we had Great Tits nesting in our bird box, and despite some…
British fish
I recently bought a former-library copy of another book in the Reader’s Digest Nature Lovers Field Guide series, this time…
wholesome mother-daughter time
painting the cat Actually, to be clear, painting a picture of the cat… My daughter came over today for some…
the importance of pigeons
I attended an online celebration of pigeons last night with Wild Life Drawing, and the author Charlie Bingham (not Charlie…
the South Downs National Park
High and Over, and Cuckmere Haven It’s been years since I’ve been to High and Over, although I have an…
first half of my new sketchbook
Here we go, another halfway-through-my-sketchbook tour although those of you who read my blog regularly (🫶 genuinely appreciated, thank you)…
a botanical connection
I love field guides. There, I said it. The older the better, and definitely illustrated rather than photographic. In my…
