I am on a week’s holiday interstate in Queensland, catching up with friends at the Gold Coast and Brisbane. I immediately started to sketch and relaxed straight away moved into holiday mode.

I always start with a sketch on the Skybus from Melbourne city to the airport and then at the airport, and on the plane. Each journey is different and offers different opportunities.

And then once on the ground, I journal my adventures.

Some were new and different, like a leisurely sketch over lunch while gin tasting… and then a quick sketch while being driven through the sugar cane fields in the Gold Coast hinterland.

On my first walk along the beach, I collected interesting fragments of shells on the beach. they are either interesting in colour, texture, or shape. I brought these back to where I am staying and started drawing them slowly. I will continue to add to the page over the next few days. I will return the shells to the beach and have this as my page of memories.

I hope that today’s blog brings a smile to your face, and inspires you to be creative and maybe put pencil to paper.