Gran’s seat (sketch)

My Gran was 100 yesterday. Up until a few years ago she would come with us each year when we went to France. She would always sit on this seat outside the house and watch her great grandchildren play football or soak their dad in very one-sided water-fights. Even though she’s too frail to make…

Driftwood sketch and a Palomino Blackwing pencil giveaway

Palomino’s Blackwing pencils are a wonderful trio. The Blackwing is soft and dark and beautiful for sketching. The above sketch was drawn with one, as was this boat. I reviewed it here. The Blackwing 602 is the classic and is the hardest of the three, perfect for writing with but also a dab hand at…

Wednesday Weekly 16 July

From around the web: My Life All in One Place: Make your own Midori Traveler’s Notebook inset I’m teetering of the edge of this whole Midori notebook thing but I think I might adapt this kind of idea and see what I can do with my Calepino notebooks and Davis Leatherworks covers. Sketches and Studies:…

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