Welcome! Please join me as I explore my world through drawing and painting in all the colours of the rainbow. I love rainbows. I collect them (ask my family). Maybe it is because rainbows show such beauty and promise after a drenching downpour. That says a lot.
Life isn’t always easy, but it has taught me a lot – especially to appreciate the small joys around me. Sitting and sketching the detail in front of me takes me away from my worries and lets me focus on the moment. Pulling out my watercolours and sploshing a page with hot pinks, purples, limes and yellows brightens my day – literally. I hope my work brings joy to you too.
From my Instagram feed ….
My @usk.sg sketching colleagues conveniently drawn from behind, so no need to worry about catching likenesses! It is always so good to be able to admire so many different styles and viewpoints of the one place. It was a terrific choice of iconic sketching spot, followed by lunch at a classic food stall. Then I received some dangerous education on the location of yet more art supply stores 😂 Thanks @renhuiyoong again for the invitation (and posing for me)! It was really lovely to meet you all! #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketcherssingapore #melbourneurbansketchers #raffleshotelsingapore #urbansketching #watercolorsketch #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #singapore #sketchbook #artists
Aug 21
My @usk.sg sketching colleagues conveniently drawn from behind, so no need to worry about catching likenesses! It is always so good to be able to admire so many different styles and viewpoints of the one place. It was a terrific choice of iconic sketching spot, followed by lunch at a classic food stall. Then I received some dangerous education on the location of yet more art supply stores 😂 Thanks @renhuiyoong again for the invitation (and posing for me)! It was really lovely to meet you all! #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketcherssingapore #melbourneurbansketchers #raffleshotelsingapore #urbansketching #watercolorsketch #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #singapore #sketchbook #artists
The walkway opposite Raffles Hotel in Singapore, sketched alongside @usk.sg during our brief stopover on the way home. It was the last day of our trip and just then the ink ran out in my fine nibbed fountain pen. I took it as a sign to work more loosely. Many thanks to @renhuiyoong for inviting me along :). #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketcherssingapore #melbourneurbansketchers #raffleshotelsingapore #palms #watercolorsketch #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #singapore #sketchbook
Aug 21
The walkway opposite Raffles Hotel in Singapore, sketched alongside @usk.sg during our brief stopover on the way home. It was the last day of our trip and just then the ink ran out in my fine nibbed fountain pen. I took it as a sign to work more loosely. Many thanks to @renhuiyoong for inviting me along :). #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketcherssingapore #melbourneurbansketchers #raffleshotelsingapore #palms #watercolorsketch #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #singapore #sketchbook
The Raffles palms in Singapore, sketched in the inspiring company of @usk.sg during our brief stopover on the way home. Once I started to draw it became clear just how complicated this building was, with its many angles. Just as well I only had a small sketchbook to fill! Many thanks to @renhuiyoong for inviting me along :). #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketcherssingapore #melbourneurbansketchers #raffleshotelsingapore #palms #watercolorsketch #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #singapore #sketchbook
Aug 21
The Raffles palms in Singapore, sketched in the inspiring company of @usk.sg during our brief stopover on the way home. Once I started to draw it became clear just how complicated this building was, with its many angles. Just as well I only had a small sketchbook to fill! Many thanks to @renhuiyoong for inviting me along :). #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketcherssingapore #melbourneurbansketchers #raffleshotelsingapore #palms #watercolorsketch #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #singapore #sketchbook
My very last #sketch in #germany before flying to Singapore. I was thinking more about the long flight ahead than my drawing, but I found it very funny when my husband called out from the top of the medieval tower and starring waving his phone to tell me that he had finally got mobile reception! So he was up there checking his messages 😂. The trains and ferries were running along the Rhine just below my picture. Auf wiedersehen Germany and thank you for your hospitality and inspiration! #usk #urbansketchers #medievaltower #germany #melbourneurbansketchers #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #traveljournal #hahnemühle #sketchbook #watercolorsketch #sketch
Aug 17
My very last #sketch in #germany before flying to Singapore. I was thinking more about the long flight ahead than my drawing, but I found it very funny when my husband called out from the top of the medieval tower and starring waving his phone to tell me that he had finally got mobile reception! So he was up there checking his messages 😂. The trains and ferries were running along the Rhine just below my picture. Auf wiedersehen Germany and thank you for your hospitality and inspiration! #usk #urbansketchers #medievaltower #germany #melbourneurbansketchers #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #traveljournal #hahnemühle #sketchbook #watercolorsketch #sketch
My last drawing of half timbered houses for a while, and I picked a view with far too many windows! The highlight of sketching at the #romerberg in #frankfurt on our last day in Europe was meeting some of the Frankfurt urban sketchers and being able to see their amazing sketchbooks. I was spending much more time chatting than concentrating on the drawing, but my sketchbook will now bring back many happy memories of a lovely afternoon in good company. Thank you @chermann.art @sandra.schwark @rfffranke and the rest of the group for making my husband and I feel so welcome! #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketchersfrankfurt #melbourneurbansketchers #halftimberedhouse #fachwerkhaus #travelsketchbook #travelsketch #traveljournal #watercolorsketch #sketchbook #sketch
Aug 17
My last drawing of half timbered houses for a while, and I picked a view with far too many windows! The highlight of sketching at the #romerberg in #frankfurt on our last day in Europe was meeting some of the Frankfurt urban sketchers and being able to see their amazing sketchbooks. I was spending much more time chatting than concentrating on the drawing, but my sketchbook will now bring back many happy memories of a lovely afternoon in good company. Thank you @chermann.art @sandra.schwark @rfffranke and the rest of the group for making my husband and I feel so welcome! #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketchersfrankfurt #melbourneurbansketchers #halftimberedhouse #fachwerkhaus #travelsketchbook #travelsketch #traveljournal #watercolorsketch #sketchbook #sketch
The Skipper’s house in Kaub, Germany. It is in the middle of a tiny marktplatz with cannons and a memorial out the front and a medieval church directly opposite. We have been eating most of our meals on the picnic table out the front under the linden trees. #usk #urbansketchers #kaub #germany #drawingonlocation #melbourneurbansketchers #urbansketchersgermany #skippershouse #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #watercolorsketch #hahnemühle #penandwash
Aug 14
The Skipper’s house in Kaub, Germany. It is in the middle of a tiny marktplatz with cannons and a memorial out the front and a medieval church directly opposite. We have been eating most of our meals on the picnic table out the front under the linden trees. #usk #urbansketchers #kaub #germany #drawingonlocation #melbourneurbansketchers #urbansketchersgermany #skippershouse #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #watercolorsketch #hahnemühle #penandwash
