Urban sketching – 2018
Despite being one of my favourite travel pastimes, and travelling more in 2018 than I’ve ever done before, I only found time for 24 sketches this year, a third in…
Tag: Drawing
Sketching in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea was the perfect place for one of my favourite travel pastimes, sketching. There’s no better way of really looking at things than by trying to draw them,…
Urban sketching – 2017
I regained my sketching mojo in 2017, thanks to a trip to Iran, where I was inspired by mosques, wind catcher towers, and bridges to do some of my best…
Urban sketching – 2015-2016
After a busy year sketching in 2014 I lost my mojo a bit, possibly due to a lack of inspiration as most of my travels were tramping / hiking trips,…
Urban sketching – 2014
At the start of 2014 I bought myself an A6 sketchpad and some fine black pens. Four years later, after 130 sketches, I’ve still got space for 30 more. It’s…
Botanical art – November 2017
Some sketches from a weekend at Auckland Botanic Gardens, a repeat of a weekend course I did last year. It was a necessary motivation to get me producing, but I hope that self-motivation…
Sketching in Iran
One of the best investments I ever made was in a tiny A6 sized sketch pad, which I’ve spent the past few years filling about two thirds of it. It…
Least popular posts of 2016
For whatever reason these posts weren’t very popular. At all. Blogging can be quite unpredictable it seems. I still quite like them though and perhaps this might give them a…
Life drawing – April to November 2016
Latest set of sketches from a couple of terms of life drawing at Studio One in Ponsonby, following on from my April 15 to March 16 set. Tried to mix…
Botanical art – November 2016
One way to fill a weekend in spring, joining a botanical art course at Auckland Botanic Gardens. Despite being the only person of my gender or generation on the course…
Life drawing – April 15 to March 16
A few sketches from the last couple of terms of life drawing at Studio One. Switched from traditional white paper to black paper, which was far more satisfying for capturing…