• I decided to take my sketchbook with me on a walk through the Forest. I’t not easy – do you want to sketch or do you want to walk? They are two very different things. lol

    I came across the most amazing “stone age” camp that some kids or teenagers have made. A beautiful work of art. It gave ma a bit of a chill when I found it, like trespassing on some kind of tribal territory. Great inspiration for a book I’m writing at the moment.

    Everyone asks about the tools I use when I’m out using my sketchbook. Here’s alist.

    The Pentel Aquabrush is here in the Uk
    and here in the US 

    Rotring Tikky Graphic in the UK here
    in the USA

    The Cotman sketching watercolour set is here in the UK amzn.to/1gNpZ8s
    and in the US here: amzn.to/1gaG6qA

    The Seawhite of Brighton a5 travel journal is here in the Uk

    It’s expensive in the USA, but you can get it from Amazon here if you really need this sketchbook!

  • YouTuber George Owens asked me to make a video about how to come up with drawing ideas. Watch this video to see what I think will give you ideas.

    If you really can’t think of anything, just do one from my channels on YouTube – I have well over a thousand videos to choose from!

    Otherwise you need to fill up on ideas. You should be bursting to the seams with ideas! You get ideas by doing stuff and learning stuff at museums and galleries through book and the web – try watching interesting stuff upon TV instead of celebrity nonsense!

    Always have a sketchbook on the go – even when you are watching TV!

  • We are up to 4 O’clock on the illustrated clock face – thanks to Selena Rosales for the idea. Any good ideas for number 5?  That’s a   tricky one!