TRICIA JOHNSON

1. Take a virtual tour or visit a gallery online Take a virtual tour or visit a gallery online catalogue. The National Gallery Natural...

#March meet the maker; set up by @joannehawker in 2016, this is a yearly event on Instagram. Follow the hashtag (*see below) to see loads of

I’ve been writing a series of blogs this year about using your sketchbook en plein air. The first post I talked about fostering a...

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

As you may know I have been running Life Drawing workshops in West Worthing. This originally came about after students on a couple of my...

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