sketchbook journals
I have kept a sketchbook of one sort or another for many years.In 2015 I started using the Artway journals. I really like the thick off-white pages which are good for watercolour, pigment pens and ink. I make in-situ drawings as well as documenting trips using maps, collage pages and drawings and infographics hand-drawn from photos or local reference. 
Knokke Heist is an upmarket seaside town on the Belgian coast. There were many sculptures and interesting buildings to visit.
Bruges was as lovely as expected.
In-situ sketch and doodlings from on high, on a bench outside St Michael's Church, Minehead, Somerset.
In-situ sketch at Porlock Weir. Using a black Caran D'ache Luminance pencil.
The first page of some sketchbook notes from the Bruegel to Rubens exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
Some in situ sketching of the Belvedere cast which was in the Bruegel to Rubens exhibition at the Ashmolean. May 2024
This is the first double page spread from a short visit to Portishead and Clevedon. I used my new instant camera to add photos as I went along, which is a really useful tool.
A page mainly devoted to the afternoon spent in Clevedon.
Sketches in situ at Portishead beach and at the Battery Point Lighthouse, which was built in 1934.
HOLLYWOOD: I went to Los Angeles for a week and managed to make a daily roundup sketch for the first three days.
LOS ANGELES A round up of the activities on the second day of my trip to LA.
LOS ANGELES A round up of the activities on the first day of my trip to LA.
Recording a visit to Birmingham. This page focusses on the canal area of the city.
I had a lovely day on a trip to where I grew up and recorded the main events in a cafe before coming home.
I went for a two day break to Glastonbury and this is the first page recording the journey and an encounter there with Merlin the Wizard.
I drew this sketchbook page illustration of White Horse Hill at Uffington, Oxfordshire from photos that I took earlier in the day. The weather was not good and it was getting dark.
These are some notes I made at the Victorians colour exhibition at The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
MUNICH: day 1 - Travelling by plane.
MUNICH: Day 2 - bier gartens and churches
MUNICH: Churches
MUNICH: Day 3 - visit to the Olympic Park 1972
MUNICH: Collage of the final day.
LILLE: AUGUST 2023 This page shows the events of a day spent with friends.
A sketchbook page from a visit to Lille in August 2023.
The sketchbook page from a visit to Lille in August 2023 showing use of a flap.
The first page of a camping trip to The Isle of Wight on a ferry in August 2023.
Pages from a camping trip to The Isle of Wight in August 2023.
Ryde, Isle of Wight. August 2023
A double page spread of a few days events at the start of the school summer holidays. I work as a higher level teaching assistant in a primary school, the holidays means I have (theoretically) more time to do art!.At worst, I have more interesting things to document!
Sketching with acrylic paint markers, just using 3 pens to make a bold drawing of an outdoor music event.
Uncle Chuck the Ikea bear.
The Oak tree in the Rose Hill Primary School playground. It had to have about half the crown removed shortly after this drawing as it is quite old.
Spooky tree illustration.