DAILY DRAWING TIPS

• Keep your sketchbook and your travel art supplies with you at all times – this could be a portable watercolour set, or a single pencil.

• Draw and write spontaneously; in a five-minute window waiting for the kettle to boil, at a train station, or waiting for a Zoom meeting. Don’t worry if these end up unfinished. Quick, rough sketches often capture more than the ones you pore over for hours.

• Use simple but good quality materials. You don’t need to spend much, but learning to draw or paint using cheap materials is like climbing a mountain in shoes that give you blisters. Make sure that your sketchbook is one designed for artists, not a supermarket own-brand one.