Introduce Yourself
Where do you live and what do you?
Have you done much sketching before or are you just starting?
What are your other creative pursuits?
Please include a link to your Flickr account, blog, Facebook page, Instagram, Tumblr etc.
So I’ll go first…
I’m Liz (I think you all know that!)
I live in Sydney, Australia. I’m an architect by profession and worked 20 years on a range of residential and commercial developments, specialising in media projects. I’ve always drawn as part of my work but in 2007 discovered watercolour and started my first daily sketchbook. I haven’t stopped sketching since!
I’m very interested in architectural history and theory and drinking tea out of fancy china teacups… but I’m guessing you all know that too!
You can find me on: Facebook, Flickr, Google+, Instagram and Twitter using the buttons under ‘Connect on Social Media’ in the footer of this website.
Now it’s your turn…
Hi, my name is Julie and, like Liz, I also live in Sydney. Have been learning watercolour for a few years in a loose style, so sketching is a new venture for me. I’ve just registered for the course, so have a bit of catching up to do!
Hi my name is Jessica and I live in the bushclad hills above Perth in Western Australia with my husband and cat, near my 2 adult children. I am 63 and in Jan this year stopped working as a psychologist and stopped everything else in my life to deal with breast cancer. Post surgery, post 4 months of heavy chemo, now 3wkly infusions of humanised mouse antibody, still badly fatigued but needing to get back into meditative activities that feel worthwhile and get me back in touch with the non-cancer-based world. I have done bursts of art study and work in the past: photography, printmaking, ceramics, and love drawing when I stop being rusty but am very shy while my hand-eye coordination is as badly out as it is now. I am not quite sure how to catch up: two lessons a week? just do what I can and trail behind? So glad to be joining you.
Hi Jessica,
So glad you’re healthy enough to take on the class. What a rough year.
Enjoy the process and don’t worry about catching up. Just jump in and swim 🙂
Michelle
Welcome!!!
Hi, I’m Julie. I am glad to see I am not the only late starter. So Trisha and Carla, I will be doing assignments late too.
I live in a village called Mulbarton just south of Norwich. I see from other comments that there are others nearby.
I sketch very occasionally maybe on holiday. I studied art at school and later on did some watercolour courses but that was years ago. Really want to rediscover my creative side and make sketching a natural and fun habit; I am apt to being a perfectionist and being negative and self-critical, aptitudes I want to eliminate.
I was introduced to Liz quite recently by a friend Dawn, also on the course. I find her work and attitude inspiring and encouraging.
Now just have to catch up 3 weeks!
Yay Dawn! good job getting Julie here too.
Welcome Trisha. I am a late starter as well – there are few of us laggers. We can support each other since our assignments may lag the others. 🙂