Playing with backgrounds is so much easier when I use granulating watercolour. I really like the combination with gouache and … More
Tag: Sketchbook
red squirrels
A suitable theme for Blogtober Day 1! Not gonna lie, I was slightly caught on the hop (clearly unaware that … More
stamps…postcards…stamps
they can be both I love stamps, and I love postcards, so postcards of stamps are really a match made … More
going storking
A White Stork and a Marabou Stork to be precise. Yesterday’s evening session with Wild Life Drawing was back with … More
The Beauty of British Fish: cod & pollack
more paintings of our fishes Here are a couple more illustrations of some British fish, or at least, fish that … More
trout and otters
I have discovered I really like painting fish. It’s my friend’s birthday coming up and I wanted to make him … More
so many acorns!
It’s a Mast Year Last autumn, following the weird non-spring and what-was-that summer, I remember feeling troubled by the lack … More
bak to skool
September beckons When I was homeschooling, it was always lovely to get that start-of-term feeling without all the pressure of … More
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