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Category Archives: Sketchbooks
White Horse walking
Last weekend I visited the Uffington White Horse area with my daughter. We were so excited to eventually reach our destination (by taxi as there are no buses from Swindon) we immediately walked a mile or so from our b&b … Continue reading
Work in progress – notebook ideas for new commission
Greatly enjoying playing with ideas in my notebook. For a new commission.
Posted in Drawings, Sketchbooks, Work in progress
Tagged conjuror, hand book, hopes and dreams, notebooks, work in progress
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Recent notebook pages
Writing, drawing, recording conversations, sticking ephemera in my notebooks is vital to me, especially when I’m exploring, a habit from my travel writing days and much earlier. Sometimes an idea will insist on a wider audience and become a book, … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Sketchbooks, Travels, Work in progress
Tagged drawings, exploring, handwriting, notebooks, sketchbooks, travels, whales, work in progress
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A Visit to Limehouse
Yesterday I left more copies of The Comic Strip History of Space at the Half Moon Theatre, where I’ll be joining other members of SCBWI to do some more live drawing at the theatre’s Winter Arts Fair. Afterwards I decided to … Continue reading
Notebooks/notes/drawings before Half Moon Theatre event
Made these drawings/notes before Half Moon Theatre events last week. Didn’t actually need them on the day, but always handy! A few of these items touched on in The Comic Strip History of Space, but I was very inspired by … Continue reading
My sketchbooks/notebooks for 2017 (so far)
Here are pages from my note/sketchbooks so far this year. They often act as nurseries for book and workshop projects/features/ideas, small aide memoires of places visited, things seen and heard. There are records of meetings and conversations too. … Continue reading
Visits to Chillingham Castle and Bamburgh Village Show
My last visit to stay with OH in her Bamburgh Castle apartment. I’ve been there several times before, to take part in a Sandcastle Competition, and to walk the Pilgrims Way to Lindisfarne amongst other things. This time my visit coincided with the annual … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg goes to Penzance
I decided to travel to Penzance for the weekend even though plans to run a Pirate workshop there had fallen through. It had been difficult week in London including a visit to hospital and a leak from the flat above me, … Continue reading
Posted in Sketchbooks, Travels
Tagged coastal, Cornwall, festival, Golowan festival, Jubilee Pool, Mazey festival, mermaids, Mousehole, Newlyn, notebook, Penzance, pirates, seacoast, walking
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Sally Kindberg’s weekend visit to Copenhagen and Ven island in Sweden
Walked round Copenhagen, climbed towers, and followed in the footsteps (except he rode his horse) of Peter the Great up the twisting cobbled ramp of the Round Tower, referred to by Hans Christian Andersen in his fairy tales. Then tea at … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Sketchbooks, Travels
Tagged astronomer, astronomy, bicycles, Black Diamond Library, Danish Music Museum, Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen, islands, musikmuseem, Oresund, Peter the Great, Starry Castle, Stjerneborg, Sweden, The Comic Strip History of Space, The Round Tower, travel, Tycho Brahe, Tycho Brahe Museum, Ven, Vesterbro, visitcopenhagen, yellow
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