I must be an addict! For whatever reason, I must have been in a rush, I forgot to put my ‘go everywhere sketching kit’ in my bag. Aiyahhh!!! So this is what resulted after attending an info session on trekking around the world….. I had to resort to sketching on a napkin in a burger […]
A Bit of Blind Contouring to Loosen Up
I recently attended an Urban Sketchers workshop here in Perth!!! Oh my! Perth?! Yes, it’s true things do happen in Perth! 🙂 Thanks to Evelyn Bach, who ran the workshop, did so for free and not any stage promoted herself at all. I’ve attended many ‘free’ workshops over the years and often there’s a great […]
Happiness is …
I was looking at a blank page in my sketchbook contemplating what the next sketch should be. Sitting at my desk very early in the morning, looking around my art studio thinking “should I sketch that? or that? or that? or that?!” (yes getting in my head again). It’s a habit that I will disappear […]
It only takes 20
From time to time my creativity arrives at a fence, I say fence not wall because I can see where I want to be but can’t find the gap to fit through. I was describing how “paralysed” I felt about my inability to find that gap to hubby, and he responded with “paralysed?! that’s quite […]
Time for a Coffee?
Not quite! I’ve never been a coffee drinker. My sisters like their teas, my brother, I’m not sure , but it’s mum and dad who love their coffee, South East Asian style. So often when I’m out for a “coffee” with friends I’ll order a fresh juice or a hot water. I know, you’re thinking […]
Coconut Hot Chocolate!
Could my life get any better? I was on the way home from replacing my Thermomix blade which , incidentally cost me $115 …ouch! But no blade no cooking 🙁 I was a bit bummed out about how much I had to fork out. But ……my life got so better when we made a coffee […]
Chocolate chocolate and more chocolate. It’s Party Time!!!
It was Easter not that long ago and my mother, bless her heart felt the need to supply us with four jumbo size packets of Maltesers! But what happens when four is not enough? By the way we had only opened one packet at this stage. And when I say four is not enough I […]
Getting Out of My Head and into the Bathroom
I kept having creative sketching blockages each time I opened up my sketchbook and I couldn’t quite work out why, until I spotted the culprit to my paralyses…. My pencil! I realised that the pencil I was carrying around with me in my travel sketch kit was sabotaging my creativity. How? Because I felt the […]
UNO Is My Sundays Fun Days
Most Sundays from 5pm onwards is family time that is uninterrupted by devices (read my post about Devices at the Dinner Table). Devices like the phone – smart phone I mean because we don’t have a landline (I think most people don’t nowadays), TV, the computer, tablets and any electronic devices you can think of, […]
4.30am Wake Ups
My body clock has reset itself and I’m now waking up at 4.30 in the morning ……ahhhhhhh!!!! Many years ago I was waking up at 6-6.30am (I’m a morning person) but then it progressed to 5-5.30am , and now it’s 4.30! So you’re probably wondering what time I go to sleep right? What’s the big […]