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What’s the ‘gsm’ or ‘g/m²’ paper weight mean?
What's the 'gsm' or 'g/m²' paper weight mean? Here's a short post to explain what the different paperweights mean. In particular how they affect 'art' paper. Paper weights are measured in 'gsm', 'g/m²', or 'lbs' (Pounds). Some pads of paper just have the weight in...
‘ Spring Garden’ – Oil Painting Demo
"This post contains Affiliate Links. I get a commission from qualifying purchases." This oil painting was for a demonstration for Exmouth Art Group & Sidmouth Art Society. It is of an arched gateway leading into a 'Spring Garden'. Here's a list of the materials I...
Sketches along the Topsham shore
"This post contains Affiliate Links. I get a commission from qualifying purchases." Sketching at Topsham Sketching & walking around Topsham I can enjoy my love of history, wildlife and all things maritime. There is a real sense of history, with all of Topsham's...
‘Walking & sketching on Woodbury Common’
'This post contains Affiliate Links. I get a commission from qualifying purchases.'Woodbury Common East Devon's Woodbury Common is a great place for walking and sketching. It is an AONB and SSSI. Although the area is commonly known as Woodbury Common, it is an area of...
‘Sketching in pen & watercolour ‘On the Beach’
'This post contains Affiliate Links. I get a commission from qualifying purchases.'Visit's to the Beach Sketching people in pen, but mostly watercolour on the Exmouth & Budleigh Salterton beaches. These sketches are of my family members on the beach. We head down to...
‘Sketching around Dartmoor’
'This post contains Affiliate Links. I get a commission from qualifying purchases.'Dartmoor Sketching around the wild, magnificent and romantic Dartmoor. It offers a wealth of subjects and habitats to sketch. With its high, windswept moorland, fast-running rivers,...
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Hello and welcome to Sketching Blog! My name is Nick Watton and I am passionate about art, painting, drawing and sketching.
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