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Watercolour sketchbook page by Sheila Gill of Paseo Mediterraneo, La Cala, with breaking waves

La Cala Sketchbook Diary: A Costa del Sol Water...

Inside Sheila Gill's sketchbook from La Cala and Fuengirola on Spain's Costa del Sol — watercolour diary pages of coastline, olive groves, golf courses and a quiet thread about beach...

La Cala Sketchbook Diary: A Costa del Sol Water...

Inside Sheila Gill's sketchbook from La Cala and Fuengirola on Spain's Costa del Sol — watercolour diary pages of coastline, olive groves, golf courses and a quiet thread about beach...

Watercolour painting of Angkor Wat at sunrise by Sheila Gill, with palm trees and lotus flowers

Sketchbook Diary: Painting Cambodia

There's a particular kind of light that hits Angkor Wat just before sunrise — pale pink bleeding into a deep, almost molten orange, with the temple towers rising up like...

Sketchbook Diary: Painting Cambodia

There's a particular kind of light that hits Angkor Wat just before sunrise — pale pink bleeding into a deep, almost molten orange, with the temple towers rising up like...

Watercolour painting of birch woods in the White Peak, Derbyshire, by Sheila Gill

Painting the Birch Woods of the White Peak

There's a moment, most evenings in late spring, when the light in a Derbyshire birch wood turns almost turquoise. The trunks catch the last sun and glow silver-white against it,...

Painting the Birch Woods of the White Peak

There's a moment, most evenings in late spring, when the light in a Derbyshire birch wood turns almost turquoise. The trunks catch the last sun and glow silver-white against it,...

Watercolour and pen sketch of Roma with the Tiber bridges and St Peter's dome, February 2025, Sheila Gill sketchbook

A Sketchbook in Rome

Watercolours, pen and ink, and a week of wandering through the Eternal City — sketches from Rome, February 2025.

A Sketchbook in Rome

Watercolours, pen and ink, and a week of wandering through the Eternal City — sketches from Rome, February 2025.

View along the Seine towards Notre-Dame with Olympic security barriers along the embankment, Paris 2024

Paris, Just Before the Storm: Sketching the Cit...

A sketchbook diary of Paris just days before the 2024 Olympics opened — security barriers along the Seine, closed streets, and quiet corners of the Musée d'Orsay, Les Invalides and...

Paris, Just Before the Storm: Sketching the Cit...

A sketchbook diary of Paris just days before the 2024 Olympics opened — security barriers along the Seine, closed streets, and quiet corners of the Musée d'Orsay, Les Invalides and...

Tips for Sketchbooking Outdoors

Tips for Sketchbooking Outdoors

The Joy of Sketchbooking: Capturing the Beauty of Nature in Your Artwork Sketchbooking is an amazing way to capture the beauty of nature and the world around us. It's a...

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Tips for Sketchbooking Outdoors

The Joy of Sketchbooking: Capturing the Beauty of Nature in Your Artwork Sketchbooking is an amazing way to capture the beauty of nature and the world around us. It's a...

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