Dear Listener,

Welcome to another episode of Explore and Draw.

In each episode I’ll take you with me on a walk, observing and commenting on the landscape around me. I’ll find a place to draw and then share the finished sketch with you below.

In today’s podcast episode I decided to trek down to the most southerly point on the Lizard peninsula. It was such a beautiful morning, sunny, blue skies a bit windy but definitely warmer than last week.

The light was bright but just in the right spot for sketching the cliffs and the lighthouse on the horizon.

The materials used were a mix of mediums including Derwent’s Tinted Charcoal Paint pan set, Viarco’s water soluble graphite, Caran D’ache Neocolor IIs and a mix of pencils.

If you want to join the live draw-along on Monday 24th February I mentioned here is the link:

Feel free to use these photos for a sketch-along and if you want to share your sketches join the SSS chat.

Hello readers!

I’m delighted to announce the result of our first giveaway here on Substack.

Thankyou to everyone who took the time to comment and enter on my November round-up post.

It was really a pleasure to read your comments and hear also which Derwent pencils are your favourite and which you’d like to try.

I’ve listed the pencils that are included in the giveaway in case you want to build your own pencil tin.

x 10 Lightfast Lichen Green, Mustard, Autumn Red, Foliage, Green Earth, Mid Ultramarine, Golden Sun, Seaweed, Pine, Forest

x 6 Drawing Olive Earth, Yellow Ochre, Brown Ochre, Light Sienna, Ruby Earth, Chocolate

x 4 Coloursoft Ginger, Grey Green, Pimento

x 3 Graphitint Meadow, Autumn Brown, Ocean Blue

x 1 Watercolour Blue Grey

So without further ado to find out the winner please watch the video above!

Remember if you’d like to purchase any of Derwent pencils on their GB site you can enter this code MIXED-MEDIA-MC at checkout to get 30% off voucher is valid until 31st December 2024.

And if you’d like to purchase my 2025 calendar you can do so here.

Dear Listener,

Welcome to another episode of Explore and Draw.

In each episode I’ll take you with me on a walk, observing and commenting on the landscape around me. I’ll find a place to draw and then share the finished sketch with you below.

Today I drove across the Lizard peninsula to the Helford area, parked at Kestle Barton and made the muddy walk down to the woods just above Helford Village. My intention was to do a couple of things- record the audio of the woodland sounds for my upcoming Wildflower course and secondly record another episode for this podcast and sketch the trees.

The weather was damp and branches were saturated with rain having had a heavy downpour during the night. Thankfully I brought my foldable stool with me so was able to pitch up on the path and laid out my pencils on the foldable mat. See the set up below- the pencils are in my handy Sendak pencil roll.

The moss on the trees was such a bright green- it looked like it was on steroids!

And here’s the photo of the sketch I created on location.

Thanks for joining me today.

PS. For those who are interested my Wildflower sketching and illustration course will be opening for pre-sale on Monday- watch your inboxes for the announcement or check my Teachable courses page then.

PPS. Until the 1st March I have a special discount for those interested in upgrading to paid- click the button for more details or read this post.