I sketch everyday, and it is part of my life. I discovered watercolour pencils in 2009 in Kate (Cathy) Johnson’s Watercolour pencil online course. From then I was in love with watercolour pencils and what they could do and that is my chosen medium. I use ink pen now and then, but never use a paint palette.

Today is Bastille Day and I thought that I would post my first travel sketchbook. It was a week in Paris in 2007 with some friends. I had been given a small pocket 13 x 9 cm Moleskine Van Gogh Museum sketch book. It is not watercolour paper, but I had not discovered watercolour pencils, so they are all graphite pencil, probably 2B.

Next week my blogpost will be my 2013 Sketchbook Project of reimagining my 2007 sketchbook with my 2013 knowledge and skills. See you then !