SKETCHBOOK

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Have you ever wondered how to use your sketchbook?…

Curious to explore the possibilities of finding time for your art everyday?…

Willing to learn what it takes to maintain a dedicated practice?…

Read my blog post to find out more.

Pages from my 30 day Sketchbook challenge

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More daily sketchbook pages using up paint on my palette. This one reminds me so much of walking on the beach at Holkham when the tide floods over the bay and the sea lavender is bobbing about.
Day20/30 softness and painted hag stones.
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Compulsion and obsession is today’s prompt for the Day 21/30 of the sketchbook challenge. Mine has to be that dark indigo blue which I often use as an equivalent to black in my paintings. I particularly love Payne’s grey and also Prussian blue. I thi
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All best intentions I started off with a limited palette for Day 22/30 of the sketchbook challenge. I couldn’t help myself adding in some yellow ochre and wedge wood blue eek ! I am also slightly cheating here as I’ve placed one of the small board
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Day 29/30 drawing from nature as I sat in my garden after preparing a selection of sketchbook pages to work on his it what emerged. Each and every morning I’ve so enjoyed reading the new days prompt, challenging myself to push further, think more abo
Here we are Day 27/30 in the sketchbook challenge and the prompt was to use only five elements to create a piece of work. It’s always a source of excitement for me when doing limitation exercises. I love deciding which five elements to use, how I can
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