Category: Art

  • The Little WordPress.com Zine

    Behind the scenes of these limited-edition zines.


  • Travel sketching with Liz Steel

    The best sketching kit is the one you have with you.


  • Edges course

    What I learned in the Sketching Now Edges course.


  • Nick Cave on AI tools for songwriters

    One of my favourite musicians, Nick Cave, writes a regular newsletter called “The Red Hand Files,” in which he answers fan questions.


  • An AI-generated zine

    Could this be AI’s first zine?


  • Sketching Mumbai

    Some sketches from a recent trip to Mumbai, India.


  • Sketching Spain

    Recently, I was lucky enough to travel to Spain. As I always do when travelling, I took my sketching supplies.


  • Liz Steel’s Cockatoo Island workshop

    Liz Steel’s recent sketching workshop on Cockatoo Island, Sydney, was a great opportunity to improve my sketching skills.


  • Making a pencil roll

    The most satisfying thing about being a crafter is being able to make anything you need.


  • Birds of Umina

    Umina, a town on NSW’s Central Coast, is a favourite holiday spot. When we camped there recently, I marvelled at all the different bird species.


  • Beach sketch

    A recent summer trip to the beach inspired me to capture the scene.


  • A museum homework assignment

    I visited the Museum of Contemporary Art here in Sydney, to experience the “Data Dreams: Art and AI” exhibit.


  • Coffee machine

    My regular drawing practice has started making me notice everyday things in a different way.


  • 2025: an illustrated review

    Over the holidays, I worked on this illustrated rendition of my 2025 highlights.


  • Sketching trees

    What I think about when I’m sketching nature.


  • Finding my way as an urban sketcher

    I’m relatively new to urban sketching, but I love the combination of art, travel, and presence it promotes. Here’s an update on my journey.


  • The joy of swatching colours

    Creating a colour chart with new art materials is one of the joys of being an artist.


  • Making of a collaged graphic memoir

    I went beyond the iPad with my most recent comic. Here’s a peek behind the scenes.


  • The full circle of fandom

    I’ve admired Drew Barrymore since I was in high school. My fandom came full circle the night I met her.


  • Reflecting on Inktober 2025

    This year, I participated in Inktober for the first time.


  • A kit that is actually creative

    I bought another craft kit, but this time it’s one that opens up possibilities for creativity, rather than locking me in.


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