well, not exactly new but I bought this set of Winsor & Newton watercolour marker pens about a year ago but having tidied my art room and stacked things neatly on shelves I completely forgot about them. But after watching a video on YouTube of a sketcher using markers I remembered I had a set somewhere so thought I’d give them a go. Continue reading Trying New Art Supplies
So book three on my plan was to read a Chris Riddell book. I love Riddell’s illustration style so purchased his Doodles a Day without really checking what the book was, turns out that rather than great insights on illustration it is actually one of those books that gives you prompts and space to draw so not a lot to read. That said it is … Continue reading Art Books
Ok instead of reviewing an art book this month I opted for another online course. I received an email from Sketchbook Skool with a voucher code for a free course – How Art Can Make You Happy. After the Illustration Nation course I was a bit put off Sketchbook Skool courses so thought this might be a good way to restore my confidence with them … Continue reading How Art Can Make You Happy
So taking the lead from Danny Gregory I thought I’d do a quick sketch to capture last week’s gig. Take That’s Greatest Hits Tour and as usual the boys put on a great show Continue reading Take That Gig
Monday’s mini sketch Continue reading Mini Sketch Monday
So this week was a first for me – I ran a drawing group at work. Completely outside my comfort zone which seemed a bit bizarre as I love to draw but whether it was because it was for work colleagues or just because it was first time I found myself really nervous. If you’d asked me to stand in front of 50 people and … Continue reading Running a Drawing Group
couldn’t think what to draw today and spotted this bowl in the fridge. Its just a quick watercolour sketch but I quite like the looser style – need to practise this. Continue reading A Fruity Sketch
saw an ad in Shortlist and loved these shoes – they’re men’s so not on the purchase list but thought it would make a nice sketch. In terms of learning from your work I actually quite like the finished sketch – think it may be the use of white showing through that gives it a bit of a fresher feel Continue reading More Shoes
So today is my husband’s 50th birthday and as he didn’t want a party or generally any fuss we’ve gone with a fortnight long celebration of little events. We kicked off on Saturday 11th with a fabulous lunch at the Oyster Club in Birmingham followed by Hollywood Babble-On live at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Not part of my regular listening but definitely one of Simon’s. The … Continue reading Happy 50th Birthday
Not one of my guilty pleasures but when a box of these lurid iced rings arrives in the office in celebration of someone’s birthday it always causes a bit of a commotion. Whilst they may not tempt my palette they do make great subjects for sketching and as this week is apparently National Doughnut Week what better excuse than to indulge (in sketching them that … Continue reading Homer’s Favourite Sweet Treat
