Category: General
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Daily challenge 2024 – Drawing every day
A review of the daily challenge for 2024. Some numbers, and a few lessons learned.
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World of Watercolour
I got Jean Haines’ World of Watercolour out of the library, so I’m taking a moment to write up my thoughts. Overall, this is a style of painting that is way outside of my current ability and understanding. I was really drawn to the colours, and reminded a little of Eudes Coreia with the combination…
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Feet in slippers
Tonight I drew a quick sketch of my feet. In slippers, because although it’s still August my feet get chilly in the evening! I still reach for my trusty Lamy safari fountain pen for a quick sketch, even though I put brown ink in it. I thought the fude nib pen with black ink would…
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Cornerstone Beginners’ Painting Course
I’ve been posting my daily (ish) drawing stuff, and the main blog posts have dropped right off. But I recently finished a 10 week Learn to Paint beginners’ course at the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot, and I thought I’d just write down some thoughts about it all while it was fresh. It has been…
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All the pens
The first 16 of my Inktober drawings were done with my blue Lamy Safari (medium nib), but I’ve been itching to try some other nibs and pens. I hold my pen slightly oddly – I rest it on my ring finger on my right hand, not my middle finger – and the shape of the…
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Daily drawing challenge
In 2023 I have been using the Happier App to do a daily challenge called ‘Go Outside 23 in 23‘. I ended up with 275 entries out of 365 possible, which isn’t too terrible. I used the photo log which was literally just a photo. So I reached the end of the year and I…
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Belated Barcelona
This is a really late post! We went to Barcelona for my birthday, back in November, and it’s taken me this long to… um. Not sure, honestly. Upload the photos? I like them in Flickr, but my phone auto-uploads them to Google Photos and then we can share the album and both upload, so there’s…
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Inktober 2023
Having had a go at Inktober last year, I tried again this year. I was a bit anxious, honestly. I didn’t do so well last year, and although I was only ever going to aim for alternate days again I wasn’t sure I’d make it this year either. Then a couple of days before the…
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Portable drawing board
I’m still working on getting my drawing habit back on, so of course yesterday I got totally distracted making something instead. My MIL bought me some A5 sketchbooks from Hobbycraft for Christmas, and the paper has surprised me by taking ink quite well. They’re good for putting in a bag and taking out, but they…
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Malta
The Tuesday after Clarkie’s Hampton Court splash run was her birthday, and to celebrate we flew to Malta. I mean, maybe it’s just that her birthday is a good time to go and find some sunshine, but why not celebrate with a little trip? We arrived mid-afternoon, and picked up a 7-day bus pass at…
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Labyrinth
No travelling this week, except I decided to pop into Oxford. I got myself a Network Railcard which takes a third off the price (not that getting to Oxford is exactly expensive), and became a member of the Ashmolean Museum in an effort to encourage myself to visit more often. Clarkie working on Saturdays gives…