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colouroutsidetheli
Oct 18, 20231 min read
Visit to Ightham Mote
#sketchbookontour I've been out and about on tour with my sketchbook last week. I went to the National Trust property Ightham Mote in...
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colouroutsidetheli
Sep 19, 20231 min read
Illustrated recipes
Like many people I have a battered folder full of recipes that I've collected over the years, cut-outs from magazines, scribbled notes...
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colouroutsidetheli
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Find the good in each day
I've started a new theme in my art journal, that is about me finding the good in each day, some of which will be about daily observations...
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colouroutsidetheli
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Art journal number 69
I first began doing an illustrated journal in January 2016. Back then I would take 3 months to fill each A4 landscape sketchbook. Since...
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colouroutsidetheli
Sep 13, 20231 min read
Wheel of the year illustrations
Currently working on a set of illustrations for a new nature-based art journaling project. I've been struggling for focus for the last...
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colouroutsidetheli
Sep 12, 20231 min read
July 2023 sketchbook flick-through
Flick-through of one of my summer sketchbooks. I'm currently getting through one sketchbook every 3 to 4 weeks now. When I first started...
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colouroutsidetheli
Sep 12, 20231 min read
Wheel of the year illustration
I've been wanting to design my own wheel of the year for a long time, and now I've finally created something that I'm happy with! It's...
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colouroutsidetheli
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Lovely chalet guests
I'm always really nervous about renting my chalet. It's our family holiday home, and sharing it with other people can feel quite...
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colouroutsidetheli
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Chalet listed on Airbnb
The House with the Blue Door is available to rent, with a few dates still available for July. August is fully booked, but there are dates...
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colouroutsidetheli
Jul 4, 20231 min read
June's journaling
This is the last three week's of my art journaling. It features lots of a new illustration project I'm working on about Grim and...
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colouroutsidetheli
Jul 4, 20231 min read
BBC's Coastal Railways
In October 2021 I had a visit from Michael Portillo and the BBC to film the Humberston Fitties and my chalet. The link to the episode is...
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colouroutsidetheli
Jun 20, 20231 min read
York in the spring
I've spent the last couple of days catching up on my sketchbooks. I have an annoying habit of getting to the end of a book and leaving...
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colouroutsidetheli
Jun 15, 20231 min read
Sketchbook flick through
I'm averaging around 3 weeks per sketchbook currently. It's normally a book a month, but I've got a few commissions on at the minute so...
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colouroutsidetheli
Jun 14, 20231 min read
A different way of working
As soon as I heard that Tina Turner had died I knew I wanted to sketch a portrait of her. My mum passed her driving test the summer I...
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colouroutsidetheli
Jun 5, 20231 min read
House plant journal page
I'm not sure how this has happened, but I seem to have turned into a houseplant fan! I think it's my son, he's 10, and loves plants and...
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colouroutsidetheli
Jun 1, 20231 min read
A walk in May
A couple of days ago I woke up feeling really anxious, so a walk to a nearby patch of woodland seemed like a good idea to try to calm it....
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colouroutsidetheli
May 24, 20231 min read
Workbook manuscript
Today I've been working on my workbook based on my recent Art, Anxiety and Me exhibition. I've decided to get a few of these printed to...
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colouroutsidetheli
May 23, 20231 min read
Renting my Fitties chalet
I've been busy this week getting my chalet ready for renting from July. Just moving a few things around, changing the bedroom, and doing...
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colouroutsidetheli
May 23, 20231 min read
Art, anxiety and me artwork
On Friday I visited the lovely Beonna, All Saints building near Boston to display some of my Art, Anxiety and Me artwork and to do some...
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colouroutsidetheli
May 19, 20231 min read
No more sewage in our rivers!
Last night I featured on #radiohumberside talking about my protest art. I've done five of these illustrations as like so many people I'm...
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