Day 128 of sketching people in ink and watercolour. Today I sketched a couple of sunburned people at the café and added some poetic reportage to capture the scene. I also added coffee stained backgrounds.

Day 127 of sketching people in the waiting room of a government office in Faro. Experimenting with page layout by adding signs to help convey the location of the sketch, and filling negative space with some poetic reportage.

Day 124 of sketching people at Faro hospital, where I added a bit of poetry to my sketch to memorialise the moment with a bit of reportage. Also continued my fasciation with biro portraits, using Earthsworld photo references.

Here’s an image gallery of my urban sketches of people where I’ve add a bit of social or cultural commentary in poetic form to elevate my illustrations into reportage.

Day 123 of sketching people at a local cafe. Added a bit of poetry to a couple of my sketches for a bit of reportage. Also continued my fasciation with biro portraits.

Day 121 of sketching people. Biro sketches with tonal shading from online resource images, and a couple of urban sketches at the cafe in ink and watercolour.

Sketch of participants a the Open Mic Event in Tavira for the 2025 Festa dos Anos de Alvaro de Campos, where I performed a poem in Portuguese and English.

One of my poems from a published collection about our cultural experiences and the people we met while living in Turkey.

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

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

Day 10 in Turkey Quarantine. See how I’m getting ready for my departure by listening to this piece of performance poetry.

By Day 7 I was inspired to write a poem about the Quarantine Diet. With the sun shining. Quarantine isn’t so bad.

Listen to an audio recording of A Giggle Bunny from A Turbulent Mind. A Dementia and Alzheimer’s poem for people who don’t like poetry.

From Travel Guides to a Poetic Travel Memoir I write travel guides about the Bodrum Peninsula, and built a popular…

The thought of being locked in a wooden cabin with 12 other people for a month, fills this introvert with dread. But luckily Camp NaNoWriMo in July … is a virtual camp, so I’ll enjoy every minute.

Here’s a recent poem “A quiet place to write in Gumusluk” about the special spot I escape to gaze at the view and get creative with words.

“Why do we hoard, and leave clutter untouched, When all that we need just isn’t that much.” The decluttering process inspired a poem about getting rid of your stuff, and starting a new journey. Includes a Pinnable image.