TRICIA JOHNSON

What an amazing trip — and what an inspiring subject for sketching and painting!

In this blog I'm going talk about small very portable kit. So for those who want to start taking a sketchbook out, but don't want to specif

More about sketching on holiday and the equipment I use. My last post I gave you a little overview of sketching and developing a sketching routine. This post I’d like to tell you about our recent 5 day break to the Isle of Wight (https://www.visitisleofwight.co.uk/), which is very close to us and great for a short break and a bit of sketching. I decided to use a concertina sketchbook I’d bought from Seawhites ’ (I like to pop into their factory shop, but you can buy online f

I thought I’d write this post, as I know a lot of my students always intend to sketch while they are on holiday. But as most of us know our sketchbook, pencils and ‘travel’ paints just stay in our case! Over the past few years I have made a point of sketching every day (almost) of my holidays. Over the summer (during my break from teaching) I challenge myself to sketch every day, no matter what. The first few days (sometimes weeks) are terrible, but once I get into it I star