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Festive Sketchbook Update
Here’s a look at what I drew over the holidays
Jan 13
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Festive Sketchbook
A look at my sketching plans for the holidays.
Dec 23, 2025
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Messy Desk Dispatch: Festive Finds
Looking at festive illustration: the most brilliant use of shape, merry and bright palettes and that cosy Christmas feeling.
Dec 13, 2025
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#001 Colour Palettes
Sep 20, 2022
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Bauhaus 7 Contrasts of Colour
Sep 16, 2024
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Messy Desk Dispatch: Composition
Feb 8, 2025
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Messy Desk Dispatch: Bathing in Colour
Mar 5, 2025
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#010 Three Materials Challenge Time - HOORAY!
Jun 28, 2024
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Messy Desk Dispatch: Telling Stories in My Sketchbook
Jun 11, 2025
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Sketchbook Tour: Three Materials Challenge Landscape Sketchbook 2025
The joy of a landscape format and using panels.
Nov 28, 2025
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Messy Desk Dispatch: Folktale Week
How joining in with prompts led to breakthroughs, a look at the work I made and didn't post, and what it taught me about storytelling.
Nov 12, 2025
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Sketchbook Tour: On My Desk
A look at what I’m working on now
Oct 26, 2025
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Colour Palettes: The Unexpected
Finding colour palettes when you least expect them and what I've discovered about how seasons influence what I capture in my camera roll.
Oct 10, 2025
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Sketchbook Tour: The One That Took Ages to Fill
A sketchbook I couldn't seem to finish. Finding a sketchbook practice after my MA.
Sep 23, 2025
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Back to School Books for Illustrators
I've got that back to school feeling. Here are 6 books I've enjoyed that I'm going back to this September.
Sep 9, 2025
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Sketchbook Tour: People Watching
Capturing crowds, deciding what to leave out and a key thing I learned about perspective.
Aug 25, 2025
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