Kinx Turns 3

 

My little Prince turned three!!!

 

Celebrated with a nice walk over the Rec in Doddington

Saul

 

Saul at 8 weeks

 

Our latest family addition

Kinx

 

My beautiful boy lazing in the sun

Blair

Sktchy - watercolour

Nelly

Sktchy - Watercolour

Kilczewska

sktchy - watercolour

J.M

Sktchy - watercolour - Jacksons wc sketchbook

Cooper

Meet Cooper

Sktchy - watercolour - Jacksons WC sketchbook

Clydesdale

 

Meet Clydesdale

Sktchy app - watercolour- Jacksons WC sketchbook

EliMo

Sktchy app - watercolour- Jacksons watercolour sketchbook

#WAXfurryfriend

Kiti Vin

 

Watercolour sketch from the Sktchy app

#WAXfurryfriend

 

Sparkles

Sktchy

Houghton Mill

 

Spent an afternoon walking at the beautiful Houghton Mill

Grafham Water and Zeta

 

Took the dogs for a stroll at the lovely Grafham Water and broke in my latest sketchbook purchase...The Stillman and Birn Softback ZETA 8.5 x 5.5 and....

 

THIS IS THE ONE!

FINALLY!

 

It's a format I am more used to and remains quite rigid at this size and scans in an A4 scanner.

The paper is thicker so no wrinkling at all.

It lies flatter (imo) than the hardback version, so scanning is easy.

It's more affordable than the hardback version.

It's lighter than the hardback version so location work is going to be easier on my shoulder.

 

It is perfect!

Really!

I'm so pleased to have finally found a resolve for a daily journal. It's annoying having to go through version after version, never mind expensive, to find what you are after...I just want to sketch!

 

Thank you Stillman and Birn, you have answered my prayers!

 

 

Old Timer

Another late night Sktchy  session on my sofa while watching TV.

I love that the Sktchy App gives me so many references to draw at night, it takes the sting out of that awful question...'what shall I draw'

Kinx

 

My gorgeous baby is not the best model in the world, it's hard to catch him without a blanket covering his entire body and head...but I persist!

 

The Stillman and Birn softback 8x10 Alpha is proving to have glitches for me. *sigh*

 

-While the paper is beautiful I'm discovering that it is wrinkling more at this size, with no hard cover to help flatten over night, and proving tricky to scan.

-The size along with the fact it has no hard cover is making it all a little too floppy for me to be entirely comfortable with it.

-I've had to work on individual pages rather than work across the spread as I like to do so I can scan it on my A4 scanner

 

I do see advantages to this softcover though

 

-It is so much lighter to carry than a hardback

-They take up less room on my book shelf which is getting very full

 

So,

I've ordered a S7B softback ZETA in  the 8.8x5.5

I love it's dark blue cover and it feels great in my hands. I know from using both Alpha and Zeta before in hardback that the paper is slightly thicker so hopefully this will eliminate any wrinkling.

 

God I hope this is the one, I don't like having half or part full sketchbooks lying around taking up space.

Abigail and Felix

 

Sktchy app - 10 mins - Lamy Safari fountain pen -Noodlers Highland Heather ink

Animal Spread

 

The last spread in my Frisk Lay-Flat journal I started towards the end of March.

Hare

 

My first ever hare, sketches simply because I've never sketched one before.

Rather enjoyed that!

Harper Bailey

 

The dog of a good friend