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28:43

Live Share 2 – Project Portraits

A quickie but a goodie!

Jun 16 •

Food – Studio Session 1

Kicking off with Spring!

Jun 11 •

1:10:00

Theme 03.2 Food – The Brief

Sketchbook level, Pro level and schedule approach

Jun 7 •

11:44

'Loose Lines & Warms Ups' - Images

Jun 3 •

Theme 03.1 – Food Illustration

Ways to approach your illustrations

Jun 1 •

45:04

Loose Lines

49:27

Loose Lines & Warm Ups: Portraits 2

Rediscovering the joy of layering colour with markers

May 7 •

57:22

Awkward Drawing Show with Beth & Raj!

Beth's Cat Toppers, my inky portraits and bonus dog drawings

May 5 •

and

29:56

Loose Lines & Warm Ups: Portraits 1

Watch me draw faces with my Kakimori Brass Nib dip pen

Apr 25 •

38:20

Warm up - Loose sketching faces

Watch now (38 mins) | The joy of the Rainbow Pencil!

Apr 11 •

11:31

LIVE REPLAY: Quick Pith Sketchbook Tour

Impromptu end of week share

Apr 4 •

17:28

LIVE: Loose lines & Warm ups - Darjeeling Limited

Watch now (17 mins) | Sketchbooks scribbles and Pentel Sign Pen love

Mar 27 •

23:26

Live: Loose Lines Warm Ups

A test video where I shared some work in progress and sketched with ink

Mar 25 •

Process & Projects

Celebrating Project Portraits

...and welcoming Project Food!

May 29 •

Always drawing Faces

and I'll never get bored of it

May 22 •

I failed at my 100 day Project. Here's why.

This is what I do instead.

Feb 23 •

0:28

Watch now (28 secs) | Attempts at memory keeping, noticing moments & capturing thoughts

Feb 7 •

Materials

Art Materials: Favourites of 2024

2024 was a 'low buy' materials year

Jan 16 •

I can't get enough of this pen!

The Kakimori Steel Nib is a thing of beauty

Jan 13 •

30:58

Inky October: my current tool kit

Supplies, Tools and favourites

Oct 26, 2024 •

12:26

Art Graf Tailor shape

Love for the little blue block

Oct 6, 2024 •

Notes from the Forest

28:44

Notes from the end of the year

Deep rest, reflection, gratitude and exciting new plans for 2025

Dec 31, 2024 •

22:09

Notes from the Field

Reflecting on how I work, life and all the things

Nov 7, 2024 •

15:48

Notes from ... me 06

It's been a LOT, and many of us are not OK

Aug 12, 2024 •

9:09

Notes from the Forest 05

Permission to NOT draw anything, and the importance of rest

Jun 25, 2024 •

Live Sessions

1:01:48

Co-Swatch Sesh March

What to do with metallic paints, and chats about precious gifts

Mar 19 •

59:59

Round Table: Breakthroughs

A chance to share and discuss

Feb 25 •

58:07

Co-Swatch Sesh February

Memories of Leaf peeping, water soluble pencils & a Munich Meetup?

Feb 19 •

59:26

REPLAY: Colour Co-Swatch 01

One hour of chatting about swatching and materials - bliss!

Apr 24, 2024 •

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