sketchbook update

Empress Matilda and King Stephen I have been working in my A1 paper, but I’ve been out and about this … More

drawing postage stamps

with Sketchbook Skool Aaaaaages ago, when I was first thinking about properly getting into art, I wanted to just learn … More

Apparently so… On Sundays I like to try something that’s a break from the usual bird business, and I recently … More

I recently bought a former-library copy of another book in the Reader’s Digest Nature Lovers Field Guide series, this time … More

painting the cat Actually, to be clear, painting a picture of the cat… My daughter came over today for some … More

I attended an online celebration of pigeons last night with Wild Life Drawing, and the author Charlie Bingham (not Charlie … More

Here we go, another halfway-through-my-sketchbook tour although those of you who read my blog regularly (🫶 genuinely appreciated, thank you) … More

I’ve been working on business-y type things a lot recently, and although I have been doing plenty of illustrating, I … More

another Wild Life Drawing class I have been watching the Ravens nesting on the pylon next to the Cuckoo Trail … More

I’m getting to the end of my Fabriano Venezia sketchbook, and it’s always a slightly bittersweet finish, as I tend … More