ROVING JAY

Our first trip to the Vila Real de Santo Antonio flea market via train.

Your choice of boat taxis to take you from the mainland to the sand bar beach at Cabanas de Tavira

Picking up the pieces and making new memories and plans after the loss of my Mum.

More people sketches for my one week 100 challenge 2021. I sketched figures on public transport, at cafes and at the local farmer’s market. I also had a go at a bit of reportage.

My Sketcher Spotlight on urban sketcher Suhita Shirodkar, and a review of her figure sketching made simple class. Looking at line of action, drawing verbs, and exaggerating gestures. It’s all about identifying shapes, and making your figures expressive and loose

A collection of travel sketches from Cambodia that I did a couple of years after the trip, using photos I took during our Workaway adventures. Ink sketches of buildings, people, beaches, and

Introducing Sylvie Sunshine I introduced Sylvie Sunshine in my guest post for Romancing the Genres, and after getting some positive…

My first Sylvie Sunshine: Life’s a Beach (until it’s a bitch) sketch Romancing The Genres is a collaboration of writers (from…

I’ve always thrived on change, which what drove me to my current lifestyle. Find out where it came from.

Sketching at a Sunday concert series in Santa Monica with The California Feetwarmers.

Find out why I was grateful for the Covid-19 pandemic.

Looking for a quality podcast about urban sketching?

Now that my travel guides are out of print, I’m down to my poetry. Collections of tongue-in-cheek satire in the vein of Hilaire Belloc.

I looked back at one of life’s most important relationships in my life, in my monthly column for Romancing the Genres.

How not to get overwhelmed with TMI about the technical side of watercolour.

I looked back at my blogging journey in my monthly column for Romancing the Genres.

A collection of people I’ve encountered and sketched during my walks around Culver City in May.

Blind Contour Sketches for my 365 days of portrait and people sketches

The beginning of my Kick in the Creatives 365 day sketching challenge. Where I’m committing to sketching people for a year. In this first batch of sketches I eased myself into this challenge by doing blind contour portraits in pencil, and finished off with some line detail and watercolour. With a lot of accentuated (and comical) teeth.

Art Challenges are a good idea, because you never know where they will lead you.

Here’s two key elements to master when you’re drawing groups of people in an urban sketch.

Let’s take a look how different artists approach the challenge of Finding your Art Style.

Looking back on my 20th Year and the wild ride it was.

A collection of people I’ve encountered and sketched during my walks around Culver City in April.