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I headed out to the Sydney Botanic Gardens for the last day of my watercolour pencil project. The plan was to spend some time drawing tree trunks, particularly Moreton Bay fig trees. For those wh...

https://scratchyas.com/2018/10/30/the-creative-plan-watercolour-pencils-day-5/

Today was about drawing out on location. As I had to go there for personal reasons anyway, my sketch location was the Sze Yup Temple in Glebe, Sydney. Unless you know about it most would not be a...

https://scratchyas.com/2018/03/19/the-creative-plan-on-location/

Who likes storage containers?! I'm not talking about any Scandinavian interlocking eco-friendly pantry organisers. I'm talking about the big mac of storage containers, like so... You know you are...

https://scratchyas.com/2017/08/27/hey-st-peters/

My work had moved office location, and the final destination wasn't ready yet. So we were temporarily located to the end of George St, which is the more touristy part of town. It's a hop, step an...

https://scratchyas.com/2017/08/27/rediscovering-sydney/

I have been completely undisciplined with posting blogs this last couple of years. Sometimes I think I have posted only to find out nothing's there. I have been drawing a decent amount (something...

https://scratchyas.com/2017/06/10/catching-up/

Chinese New Year came a lot earlier this year as it follows the lunar cycle rather than a set calendar date. I missed most of our lion dance performances this season so only did Friday and the we...

https://scratchyas.com/2017/01/30/cny-2017/

One of my all-time favourite bands from the UK came to Sydney in December. The Stone Roses were only ever an alternative (i.e. not mainstream/Top 40) band in Australia. Although they have fans he...

https://scratchyas.com/2017/01/26/mersey-paradise/

Most of last year has been an absolute blur and I can’t believe its already 2017. I think the reason time flies for many people is that we try and cram so much into each day (well I do anyway!)...

https://scratchyas.com/2017/01/26/back-in-the-saddle/

I’m part of Jin Wu Koon Liondancing and Chinese New Year is a massive month long celebration in Sydney where the whole city joins in. It also means there a constant and intense schedule of lion...

https://scratchyas.com/2016/03/27/chinese-new-year-2016/

Back in January I went down to Melbourne for a short break to catch up with some friends, and in particular sketching friends. I chose  Melbourne Zoo as a location for a day out having not been ...

https://scratchyas.com/2016/02/27/animals-animals-animals/