I joined the Elgin Studio in 2016.  As a

professional landscape architect, my skills

and techniques for sketching were

developed through my university and post-

graduate training.  I have been sketching the

natural and built environments for over forty

years. And in 2015, I published a

monograph, Sketches, in which I shared

over 240 ink and pencil sketches from

Australia and overseas.

While I have traditionally used ink pen and

pencil (particularly Derwent pencils), the

Elgin Studio has provided me with an

opportunity to experiment with a variety of

watercolour techniques.

The following images of watercolour, pencil

and ink come from the Studio’s 2018

October trip to Japan.