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art Illustrating Nature courseI've been slowly making my way through the Illustrating Nature course by Laura McKendry on Domestika. I wanted to start dipping more into how to use…
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writing Thoughts on mending
Several years ago, I brought a cardigan with me to work to mend on my lunch break. It had been on my to do list for ages, and I thought that sitting…
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art Revisiting ceramicsFinally got around to taking photos of the pieces I made in a 1:1 workshop with Lien Nguyen Ceramics The donut is officially the coolest thing I’ve…
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art JellyfishI've been mostly sketching traditionally lately, so here's my first go back at digital painting for 2023. Painted in Procreate using the Perfect Oils…
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writing My planning, writing and sketching tools
I've made an updated version of this: My planning, writing and sketching tools - 2025 --- The other day I was trying to explain the various tools I…
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writing The "Ugly Stage"
When creating a piece of art, there's often an "ugly stage" where it hasn't all come together yet and it doesn't make sense as a whole. I feel like I…
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books Books I've read in 2023
I'm trying to be mindful of reading from a more diverse set of authors this year. I usually keep one non-fiction book and one fiction on the go.…
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notes Optimise for curiosity, not productivity
The past few years (2019-2022) I've avoided setting goals - carrying, giving birth to and then caring for two children really doesn't leave a whole…
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books Books I've read in 2022
This year, I've somehow gone from reading very few books to back up to pre-kid levels. I've put this down to actually getting consistently decent…
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Start here
I haven't decided what to include here just yet. So far I'm just building things, which I'll detail in About this site. Also, here's what I'm up to…
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writing My Obsidian workflow
I try to hold myself back from going too far down the rabbit hole of trying out too many different apps in search of the "perfect" one, to avoid…