I’m slowly gathering equipment for my new studio. I can see it piecing together, but the space is frustratingly not useable just quite yet. (As ever, I need patience). In the meantime, I want to start working on my upcoming…
Leafmeal, A Travel Sketchbook
leafmeal; (obsolete) One leaf at a time; leaf by leaf. The title of this post is taken from a note I made one morning in Bath. I had copied a few lines of a poem down, and the word leafmeal enchanted me. Around me,…
Tales From My Childhood Bookshelf
In my childhood bedroom, I had a little white shelf crammed full of books. A strange mix of books, but every one of them beloved. The echoes of those books informed my budding creative tastes, so when @jehlei on instagram…
Paris Sketchbooks, Winter 2017
Things I did not do in Paris: Draw often. Yet, I enjoyed every day to the most. In the year ahead, I will be more diligent with my travel journals as they make such lovely keepsakes, but I also…
Paris Snapshots
Paris was a whirl of light and textures. Every day was dripped through with wonder of some sort. Each started with grey skies and ended with sore feet. My sketchbook was abandoned for days and yet each hour…