#sketchbook

Looking at Sketchbooks

I have always loved looking at other’s sketchbooks. One of my earliest art memories is seeing a page of Samuel Palmer’s sketchbook in my loc

Seeking the Overlooked: Woodbine, Rose and Bramble

Now the hedgerows are festooned with honeysuckle, generously draping itself over sapling trees and filling the pathways with its pale golden

The Moth Diaries

Moths are the perfect, obliging models, who sleep during the day. I take two or three into my studio to identify and draw, where they remai

Discovering the Woodcock

My sketches and early drawing of my Woodcock print Early in December, on a cold and dreary afternoon, I left my studio to retreat to the...

How to make a Linoprint

The following article appeared on Painters Online, the online edition of "The Artist" magazine and thought it might be useful for someone...

To see a World in a Grain of Sand

To see a World in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour. Winter...

Tim'rous beastie

I love winter, but this January has been a particularly dark, damp and dreich month and I have found myself looking for signs of spring...

Venturing Forth

I have always been rather reluctant to draw or paint in public. I am happy enough in my studio, or in a discreet place, away from view,...

Deborah Vass