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Ibis feather

I started a new sketchbook last week. This time I am using Como paper. It is very cheap and great weight, but not designed for watercolour. It is like a very very thick cartridge paper. What I DO like about … Continue reading

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Maritime Museum

We went to Darling Harbour near the Maritime Museum on Saturday with the Sydney Sketch Meetup group.  It was a perfect day – 22 degrees. Maybe winter will be over soon. This is my third drawing and the one I’m … Continue reading

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A Grey Day

MY house is not actually grey inside – it’s cream. It was just very dark inside at 4pm. The street lights were going on and off all day It was so dark and it’s COLD. Drew this about 4pm.I decided … Continue reading

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27th Sketchcrawl

We’d planned for some time to go to The Rocks for this sketchcrawl. Then it was announced that Jessica Watson was arriving and there were special events clearways and what-all. I decided to go down there early while I could … Continue reading

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Sunglasses

My big sunglasses have creamy semi-transparent frames. At this time of the year, when the sun is low in the sky, it gets inside the frames and the light flares. Raybans again for me next time. Yes, those colours really … Continue reading

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Organised chaos – Kitchen Sink

Organised chaos(today’s challenge) is the kitchen bench waiting for me to do the dishes. The breakfast dishes are in the sink,. but the coffee pot and the plastics are still on the bench. I couldn’t finish the dishes until I … Continue reading

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