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art Life drawing in CharcoalAfter struggling a bit with Life drawing in watercolour recently, I’ve returned to charcoal. It’s nice to not have to worry about mixing colours or…
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art Playing with soft pastelsI bought a set of soft pastels a couple of years ago to make some abstract art. They’ve sat in their box, barely used until I felt like braving their…
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art Jury duty sketchesMy second time doing jury duty. I got a 4 day trial, which I think is not bad in the scheme of things. It wasn’t gory or complicated but was mostly…
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sketchbooks Sketchbook 10I started this sketchbook in August 2024 and completed it in September 2024. I made this very thin sketchbook from 180gsm Montmarte watercolour paper…
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sketchbooks Sketchbook 9I started this sketchbook in May 2024 and completed it in August 2024. It had just 20 pages, and the paper was a bit light for wet media, but ok for…
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art More life drawing in watercolourI’m still doing monthly life drawing sessions, really focusing on making watercolours work for short poses. It doesn’t always turn out great, but I…
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writing A better way to read email newsletters
Edit: since Omnivore shut down, I've switched to Instapaper. I have to pay for the premium subscription and use some workarounds to get the same…
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sketchbooks Sketchbook 8I started this sketchbook in May 2024 and completed it in June 2024. It has only 20 pages and is very tiny! The paper is very different to regular…
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sketchbooks Sketchbook 7I started this sketchbook in March 2024 and it’s still in progress. I’m using pocket sized sketchbooks at the same time, so not getting to this one…
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writing Tiny watercolour kit v2
I've had a few false starts with my first Tiny watercolor kit, and I felt it was time to make some improvements to help it be more useful. Better…