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Join Sally Kindberg and Mr Swedenborg on a story map workshop
A missing skull? A Book of Dreams? Miasma and a creaking cupboard? New workshop coming on Saturday March 20th! Travel back in time to London three hundred years ago and explore Swedenborg House. Pop on a wig, get drawing, and … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Events, Workshops
Tagged story maps, Swedenborg, Swedenborg House, time travel, workshops
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Sally Kindberg attempts to sort her notebooks
Every so often I try and sort out some of my hundreds of notebooks, visual diaries mostly stored in glass fronted Globe Wernicke cabinets which open outwards from the top. This can be hazardous as occasionally I’ve been almost overwhelmed … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Handwriting, Notebooks, Sketchbooks
Tagged flea, Globe Wernickes, handwriting, notebook ideas, notebooks, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg and Valentine’s Day
An old Guardian editorial drawing of mine, first date/last date? Still love this couple …
Sally Kindberg’s work in progress, a comic strip mystery/memoir
When I was very small I visited Sweden with my mother and my much older sister. During our visit we went to Skansen, a folk museum. For years afterwards, my mother denied we’d ever been to Sweden, despite letters (and … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg gets nostalgic about travel
About twenty years ago I was commissioned by Discovery, Cathay Pacific’s inflight magazine to illustrate a journey round the Isle of Man, travelling with writer Ron McMillan who drove the car. I was supposedly the navigator of our trip, following the … Continue reading
Posted in Handwriting, Travels
Tagged handwriting, illustrated map, Isle of Man, map, maps, picture maps, post a kipper, Ron McMillan, travel writing, TT circuit
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Sally Kindberg and ducks
Today I spent too much time searching for a stash of my favourite new Muji A5 notebooks but instead stumbled on: a dried starfish, six drawings of an octopus (from my Draw It! book series) drawing a picture, a radiator … Continue reading
Posted in workspace
Tagged Acme whistles, ducks, Essex salt marshes, Muji, Muji notebooks, Regents Park, salt marshes
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Sally Kindberg’s travel features, and getting nostalgic
Whilst trying to clear some space in my tiny flat I decided to sort through photos taken during my travel writing days – writing features for the Independent, London’s Evening Standard and others. I’ve never felt so restless as I … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg’s comic strip – overcome a writing/drawing block?
Sometimes it’s tricky to follow your own advice … here’s a comic strip I made for SCWBI a while ago about overcoming a writing/drawing block. At the moment I’m dithering about content for my mystery/memoir graphic book so … Here … Continue reading
Posted in Comic strips
Tagged comic strips, overcoming a block, SCWBI, working drawings
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Sally Kindberg’s 5-second Zoom portraits (ongoing project)
One evening this week I decided to use my new Pentel brush pen at a Zoom event run by the Frontline Club, giving myself 5 seconds to draw each portrait. A new thing for me – something I’ve probably asked … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings
Tagged 5-second-portraits, Alexander Lock, Blake Society, British Library, Charles Dickens's birthday event, Fern Riddell, Frontline Club, John Donne, John Donne's Flea, John Donne's handwriting, Lucinda Hawksley, Melford Hall manuscript, Miriam Margolyes, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Pentel brush pen, quick portraits, quick sketch, self portrait, the Dickens Museum, Zoom, Zoom portraits
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