Travel Sketching Ideas
Looking back at my travel sketches from my trip to West Bengal in 2017 with Fiona and Praveen of Creative Arts Safaris, I'm immediately...
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Jo Beal
- Jul 22, 2020
- 3 min
Getting Creative along the Ridgeway National Trail
I was delighted to be invited by Sarah Wright from the Ridgeway National Trail to run an outdoor art journaling workshop on Whiteleaf...
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Jo Beal
- Sep 4, 2021
- 6 min
How and why I started drawing again at 45, and where it led.
On June 29th 2015 I got up half an hour earlier and went in to my tiny courtyard garden with a half-used sketchbook and pen. I sat down,...
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Jo Beal
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
Maps and Mapping
I love to include maps in my Drawing Diaries and have used them to map journeys, places and memories, so I thought I'd share a few of my...
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Jo Beal
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
Travel Sketching in Vietnam
In April 2019 I was lucky to travel in and around north Vietnam on an exciting textile tour with Creative Arts Safaris - an inspiring...
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Jo Beal
- Jul 17, 2020
- 1 min
Roebuck Estates Blanc De Noirs label illustration
I was thrilled to be asked by Resolution Design to provide the illustration for the Roebuck Estates Blanc de Noirs Prestige Cuvee ...
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Jo Beal
- Apr 4, 2020
- 2 min
Drawing without looking at the page!
From my loft studio window, there’s an amazing view of Swindon’s rooftops and local landmarks, and on a clear day I can even see the wind...
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Jo Beal
- Feb 7, 2020
- 2 min
Drawing Spring Plants and Flowers Workshop – 7th March 2020 Jo
Spend a joyful and creative day surrounded by spring plants and flowers as you get really absorbed, studying and capturing the beauty of...
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Jo Beal
- Jan 24, 2020
- 2 min
New Art Journaling and Drawing Workshops coming up!
Sharing my love of drawing and using drawing to observe and reflect, and encouraging others to do so too are activities that are very...
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Jo Beal
- Jan 16, 2020
- 2 min
New Year – New Drawing Diary!
I’m really happy to be getting my Drawing Diary underway again for 2020! Since 2016, when I bought my first little A6 diary to draw in...
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Jo Beal
- Aug 9, 2019
- 1 min
Adventures in Art Journaling in Salisbury
Devised as Air BnB Experiences 22nd and 29th August, 5th and 12th September 9.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. The workshops offer a fun, creative and...
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Jo Beal
- Jun 22, 2019
- 1 min
Nature journaling at Langford Lakes
My friend and fellow artist James Aldridge and I visited Langford Lakes Nature Reserve in Wiltshire to spend some time drawing from the...
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