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  1. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    New Studio Tour + Life Updates! 🌱 (opens the original)

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    Hi everyone, It’s been a minute since I’ve had a chance to write to you in this newsletter, and that’s down to one (very exciting) reason: I’ve recently moved house, and relocated to London! I thought it’d be fun to share some updates here with you, and invite you in as I build my new home studio space. In past years my creative spaces have always doubled as shared spaces, joint offices come guest come storage rooms. This is the first space that is fully my own, and it’s a total pinch me moment.

  2. Issue · Jul 29, 2026

    How to Paint Like You're in Your Sketchbook (opens the original)

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    Have you ever found that sometimes, it can be tricky to bring the energy and freedom found in the art we make in our Sketchbooks out and onto a painting on paper or canvas? I’ve been thinking about this a LOT this year, and making adjustments to my practice to help bring that lightness and not-overworkedness into everything I create. In the video below, I take you with me on the first three days of a painting residency back in April, in the magical village of Crinan, on the west coast of Scotlan

  3. Issue · Jul 5, 2026

    Too Many Materials? Start Here ✨ (opens the original)

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    Hello! Welcome to my latest youtube video; a 15 minute exercise to help get you started with mixed media (or back into the swing of things if you’re feeling uncertain). These sketches I make in this video might be some of my favourites I’ve made in a while! Leaning in to alllll the play through gentle experimentation, and sketching from a reference I took earlier this year, in Pittenweem. This is perhaps the cutest fishing village I’ve been to, on the East Neuk of Fife. I hope you enjoy giving t

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