Category: Art Room
Matchbook Sized Handmade Book
A prototype of a playful matchbook bookbinding style. For small sketches and watercolour.

Caricature Portrait inspired by Earthsworld photo
Today’s Earthworld portrait challenge resplendent with bath teeth.

Loose Style Portrait Inspiration
Exploring loose and vibrant portraits inspired by Roz Stendahl tutorials.
2023 Caricatures
Being commissioned to create a birthday sketch inspired me to explore the art of caricature.

Urban Sketching Trip to Turkey
Taking time to sketch visual reminders of our 4 weeks in Turkey.

Travel Painting Kit for Turkey
My very paired-down art kit for a 4 week trip to Turkey. Traveling Light!

Needle Tip Pens for Urban Sketching
Have you thought about using Needle Tips pens for urban sketching? Read about the pros and cons here.

How to use Life Drawing as Practice for Urban Sketching
I’ve always thought Life Drawing was so different from urban sketching. But recently I’ve realised there is an overlap.

Urban Sketching on the Train: Sketchbook vs. my Train Ticket
Sketching on different papers is an interesting way to experiment with different tools and techniques with great results.

Urban Sketching meet up at Loulé Mercado and Saturday Market
See what inspired me to draw during a day out at Loulé Market with the Urban Sketcher’s Algarve group.

Quick Tip to make Art Tutorials Relevant to You
A couple of tips that I use to make art tutorials more engaging and relevant to me.

Loose Watercolour Technique for Urban Sketching
Sometimes you don’t go looking for your watercolour style choices, they’re just happy accidents.
Tonal Challenge with Watercolour
Discover how I’m approach June’s Tonal challenge with my current urban sketching watercolour kit.

Tutorial: Urban Sketching Carrot People with Andrey Shmatnik
Find out what I learned from Andrey Shmatnik’s Urban Sketching Tutorial on Etchr.

Get out of your Creative Block with Blind Contour
Find out how I overcame by creative block by using Blind Contour sketches to get inspired and motivated to sketch again.

Hahnemühle Watercolour Sketch Book for Urban Sketching
A review of the Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, which is ideal for urban sketching.

One Week 100 People 2023 – Sketches 1 to 32
The first 32 people sketches for this year’s One Week 100 People.

Algarve Art Classes, Resources and Groups
Read about art classes, events, and other Algarve resources.

One Week 100 People 2023 Sketch Challenge
Need motivation to sketch people? Join the 2023 One Week 100 People sketching challenge in March.

Gentes do Mercado 2022 Urban Sketch postcards
Our urban sketch postcard series featured on the Direção Regional de Cultura do Algarve website

How to Reduce the Greens in my Palette
Here’s how I experimented to reduce the greens in my travel palette from 3 to 1.

Getting Inspired by The World of Urban Sketching
Get inspired by the World of Urban Sketching – a new book by Stephanie Bower. Full of sketcher’s insights and great drawings.

Find a Looser Sketching Style Tutorial
How adjusting your sketch speed or where you hold your pen helps you find your sketching style

Sketching People from Travel Photos
If you can’t get out and sketch, Sketching People from Travel Photos is a great alternative. Especially when you review your sketches to learn from them.