Watercolour sketchbooks are a pain - the paper is never as good as the 300gsm 100% cotton that I buy in sheets, unless the sketchbook is $10...

I'm really getting into the urban sketching. Not getting any better, but it's lovely to be playing about with watercolours again and...

I was actually going to have a weekend at home but then the weather forecast was for 36 degrees both days - and that's no fun in Canberr...

 Last week was the last full parliamentary sitting week of the year - lots of shouting and lots of busy as they tried to get everything thro...

It was a bit rainy on the weekend but I still went to the beach and had some lovely swims. Friends came over for a swim and lunch, and I did...

After the agony of portraits and the realism of urban sketching I have had a little sidetrack back to Jane Slivka of the big brushes and whi...

This is something else I sewed at the beach - I am trying to use up all the material in the drawers even if it's not particularly obviou...