I keep a variety of different books on the go - some act as journals to write down ideas and references, some are more like scrapbooks and others are purely for experimenting with designs and materials which I later refer to when I begin a new painting.
Highland SketchBook
In April 2023 I travelled up to the Highlands and these are the sketchbooks I kept of that trip.
Very fast sketches and mini paintings of the landscape made on bus and train journeys which included:
Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness
Fort William to Mallaig
Speyside steam railway to Broom Hill
Seawhite Eco sketchbooks, Derwent pencils of all types, charcoal and watercolour.
I adore travelling by train and have been a secret steam nerd since I was a kid..
Highland SketchBook
In April 2023 I travelled up to the Highlands and these are the sketchbooks I kept of that trip.
Very fast sketches and mini paintings of the landscape made on bus and train journeys which included:
Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness
Fort William to Mallaig
Speyside steam railway to Broom Hill
Seawhite Eco sketchbooks, Derwent pencils of all types, charcoal and watercolour.
I adore travelling by train and have been a secret steam nerd since I was a kid..
Take a look through my mini Summer sketchbook…
Summer holidays are a difficult time to work with family responsibilities coming first, so I keep a toe-in by working in a small, moleskine sketchbook that I can take with me on my daily walks, using graphite, charcoal and a mini set of water colours to record the scenes we encounter.
Walk along the White Esk river, just along from King's Pool 07/22
Walking the path less travelled nr Castle O'er forest 06/22
Walk at Twiglees Forest Walks 06/22
5 min walk from my house on my birthday, ended up nearly sitting on a grey heron who was minding his own business preening his feathers 08/22
inspired by the view of Clerk Hill from my garden 06/22
Drawing up at the Loupin Stanes 06/22