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Nanette! Your drawings are just sublime. What beautiful line you have.

Also rivers and Australia house and that Fude pen…All excellent things for me to check out on a rare trip to London next week! Loving the drawings on Instagram too.

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Have a brilliant time in London Susannah! Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, it's made me so happy! The Fude pen took a bit of getting used to but I love it now, it gives a really nice line

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Trully beautiful drawings. Faces of those sculptures! Marvelous!

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Thank you so much Dunja! Dramatic statue poses always make me chuckle a bit!

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Love your sketches and love the way it all led to so many fascinating discoveries - which is exactly what sketching does for me too. Quite often sends me off into a rabbit warren of research! I had the same uncertainty with a fude pen, until I discovered there are nibs of 2 different angles (green pen blue pen). Blue's the one for me. You?

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Isn't it amazing where a drawing can lead you?! I didn't know there were different angles of fude pen, I've only used the blue one. Weirdly, I have two blue fude pens and the one I use the most has a different drawing feel to the other one. Maybe there's a breaking in period as well as getting used to drawing with one 🤔

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oooh! lovely :) Are you visiting our convict country?

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Hopefully March next year! If I can get all my documents in order!

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Well if you ever make it down to ol Melbourne town!

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What fab sketches! I need to start taking a small sketchbook out and about with me for sure 👀🙈

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Honestly, a tiny A6 makes it soooo much easier to draw in public. It's hardly noticeable and could easily be mistaken for writing in a notebook or something so less likely to get attention!

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I love this post!!! Your sketches really brings sense of wonder to what is normally a pain in the bum admin process! I'll remember my sketchbook next time I'm there for expat admin!

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Haha! Thank you so much! Yes, a sketchbook certainly made it a better experience! Good luck for next time you're doing pain in the bum admin 😆

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Well I will certainly look at that building with fresh eyes next time I'm passing! Always so much to learn in Secret Sketchbook...

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Thank you so much Jane! I love how cities have so many interesting layers to them and the past keeps poking it's head up through anything new!

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I love your sketches of the statue decoration!

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Thanks so much Jess! I do love a statue that's a bit melodramatic!

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