A word from Alice
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Iris Illustrations
I've been drawing a bunch of cut flowers each month from September 2019 until now, May 2020. In the May bouquet were these Irises. Each month Tamm... -
Travel Sketchbook from 2006
In June 2006, a dear friend of mine and I left the UK for a whistle-stop lap of the globe. I took a pocket sketchbook with me. Sadly this was way ... -
Grandmother
My paternal Grandmother was artistic. She painted with Oils and Watercolours, she sketched with pencils, pastels and pens. She and I would often s... -
To the woods
When the first wave of lock-down restrictions lifted here in the UK, I stopped in a lay-by at the edge of a woodland. I had to pick something up ... -
Draw The Line, a guide to starting sketching by Alice Draws The Line. Drawing challenges for beginners to pick up a pencil and start
Fancy having a go at drawing? Scared of a blank page or not sure where to start?I've made a drawing guide that you can buy and download to conquer just that. It's ideal for beginners and you are encouraged to play with mark making and do some fun, short exercises to start your drawing journey. -
The Greenhouse drawings
I took a chair, a cushion, my watercolour paper, paints and some coloured pencils and along with my vase of flowers and an audio book I spent some blissful time sketching away in what felt like a little bubble. -
Beginner's Botanical Watercolour Workshops...
This workshop came about because I use watercolours to work in. People have asked how I create my artwork and so I have been trying to break my process down into stages - and in this case, workshops.
As teaching watercolour is such a huge topic and not actually possible in just an hour and a half to two hours, I wrote this workshop with that timescale in mind. What we have is a bite sized introduction to the medium of watercolour. During the workshop we play about with basic watercolour techniques and start to build confidence using the paint
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My Drawing A Day kit... and sketchbooks galore!
I've occasionally been asked on Instagram about my sketchbooks and the materials I use to create my artwork.
So here we go, some answers...
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A big move
I have news. I'm getting a studio space! as of February 1st (everything crossed). You may not know, but I currently work predominantly from a small...
