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yet another new book } watercolor sketchbook

I’ve never owned a hard-bound watercolor sketchbook. The idea never even occurred to me before this beauty caught my eye at the Green & Stone stationary shop in London. I also love the fact that it’s in portrait format, perfect for my ladies.

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white on black

A few years ago I bought a black sketchbook. I liked the novelty of it but wasn’t sure how I would put it to good use. Yesterday, I finally found a proper purpose for my black sketchbook. On a routine visit to one of my favorite office supply stores, I made a little discovery: white […]

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new sketchbook } learning how to draw all over again

There’s something very refreshing about going back to the basics. I’ve forgotten what it’s like to rely on life rather than my imagination to draw. Struggling to figure out how shadows fall and light hits is mentally exhausting. So when I saw some sketchbook photos of various Instagrammers over the past few months, I was […]

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what would you take?

I’m sure we’ve all been asked this question at one point in our lives: if you were to be stuck on a desert island, what would you take with you? I was sort of in the urban version of that situation this morning: a friend, who is moving and needed to be at work, asked […]

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