Tag: journalling

  • Japan travel notebook flip through and best bullet journal layouts for busy tourists

    Japan travel notebook flip through and best bullet journal layouts for busy tourists

    Before we went to Japan I had planned to paint my way through Japan and so brought a Hahnemühle travellers notebook to sketch and wash in and a Claire Fontaine notebook to test out for journaling. When we arrived we found out that it was rude to   stand and eat and there wasn’t any places…

  • sketchbook – Camping and weekends

    sketchbook – Camping and weekends

    Another sketchbook done. This time I was experimenting with sketching with different water soluble inks and doing washes with them. Here is a flip through gif Here are a few of my favourites

  • Another sketchbook done

    Another sketchbook done

    First time experimenting with a gif! These are my favourites It was nice to experiment with ink and wash true to the name. Usually when I use that term I think of waterproof ink followed by a watercolour wash. But this sketchbook I experimented with sketching in water soluble ink and then just painting water…

  • Mixing inks and amazing chemistry

    Mixing inks and amazing chemistry

    Recently I’ve been testing out some new ink sample colours and also decided to replace the old bottle of ink with a light brown storia sailor ink which is great for sketching and is waterproof. After my initial tests with a glass pen I decided to try out the diamine polar glow ink in my…

  • Beach holiday kits – final set up and paintings

    Beach holiday kits – final set up and paintings

    So the last few posts have been the set up of my kits however I realised for my holiday I was limited with space and had to make some hard choices. So here’s what I actually took with me and what I actually used. The first kit I kept in my handbag for ink and…

  • Upcycled makeup case to plain air kit

    Upcycled makeup case to plain air kit

    I’m still looking for a replacement for my amazing A5 Plein air case which is falling apart. It only lasted a year or so with constant use so looking at options that are leather. I have my eye on the Kiki k sales as they use leather and the A5 continental organiser is the closest…

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