Hello! How are you doing? What your week been like?
This week I’ve seen a lot of pink. Or maybe it’s just that I’m drawn to it after my time at The Coral Room in London two weeks ago. I’ve painted a little on canvas this week and feel encouraged that I can build on something. It’s not easy (mentally) to start something new like painting on canvas when you’ve had years of drawing in a sketchbook but I know it’s only by trying that we can get somewhere. Right?
Highlights of the week
drawing nectarine blossoms in the Victorian glasshouse at Clumber Park (National Trust)
picking up a box of Mikados for me and the kids - complete joy for £1.50
a lunch date with Mike at the garden centre and picking up a Mississippi mud pie - yum!!
continuing to enjoy all the pinky peachy corals
continuing to work on larger pieces and feeling out of my depth sometimes but overcoming that - that is a win in itself for which I’m thankful
finally sending out the Oroblanco sketchbook tour in the club, I finished the sketchbook before the start of 2025 and painted the cover a few weeks back. Getting that done feels so good! And it was lovely revisiting all the sketchbook pages and sharing my process.
saying goodbye to this year’s crocuses but saying hello to more daffodils and soon, it’ll be the bluebells!!
going into Doncaster with the kids to pick up some books and found a perfect Brambly Hedge jigsaw which officially marks the grand opening of my 2025 Christmas Wishlist (which isn’t ever really a thing but now that I’m writing this, it will be). My birthday is in May and it’s just NOT a May kind of gift. It’s a winter gift. Okay.
having lemons on my desk. Smells so good and I can draw them anytime.
NOT TO MISS
GAZETTE (free): This month’s club gazette where you can read all our club news and more! This month we're talking a bit about Jane Austen. Go check it out!!!
Monday 17th March 7pm (paid) : Co-Drawing St Patrick’s with the wonderful Charlotte Hamilton. Together we will draw a handful of images from beautiful Ireland, as well as people celebrating all things green around the world! This will start with a few faster paced warm ups, then several slow paced shots. Come dressed in green for a chance to win a special treat! Sign up in the club chat.
Club Video (paid): My latest Oroblanco Pith Sketchbook Tour (Sep-Dec 2024) and how I painted the cover with a Scottish landscape. In this video I share thoughts on Matisse, I share the benefits of drawing sessions, as well as my techniques and processes one page at a time.
Weekly Visual Journal 10 of 2025 (free): Last week’s visual journals were all about the local carpets of crocuses. Have a read if you missed it!
Next month in the Time Foragers’ Club, we will have a still life focus so get your props ready. As you’ve already guessed, I’ll include lemons and clementines in mine!
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