Category: sketchbooks

  • Sketchbook Course – Day 1

    Sketchbook Course – Day 1

    I’ve always dreamed of taking Karen Stamper’s Free Up Your Sketchbook and Grow course. I’d known for a while that it was packed with information on how to fill a concertina sketchbook with interesting images, and all of it done with a playful and fun approach. So, I’ve gone and done it, signed up, ordered…

  • A Safe Space

    A Safe Space

    In 2023 my studio journal was bulging with ideas and lots of painting experiments and colour. Studio Journal 2024? It’s a wet squib! Started in January with lots of enthusiasm but hardly touched since. It’s a sad thing to see. This year has been a dry one for me and I’ve been floundering around trying…

  • Armchair Sketchbooks

    Armchair Sketchbooks

    Anyone who has ever been shopping with me knows just how much I love sketchbooks. They are portable, nice to handle and you can work in them whilst sitting comfy on your settee. I often use watercolours in my sketchbooks teamed with oil pastels, Pocsa pens and colour pencils. Oil pastels make great resists and…