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Sketchbook Revival ‘26 – visual prompts
I’ve followed Jane Davies for years so was thrilled to see a class for Sketchbook Revival. I watched the video and was instantly excited. Sometimes a process just clicks.

In the video Jane made 8 collages to work back into. I sat down and filled 3 sketchbooks, or 60 layouts, with the two-piece collages to work back in to.

I’ve already worked back into two of them. On one of them I squeezed a small paint bottle and it exploded (yep, quick change of sweatshirt). I love the mark it made … if I could do it again, I would!

Love the black splat on the left.
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April 18, 2026
Sketchbook Revival ‘26 – eucalyptus
I’m doing Sketchbook Revival ‘26, and working through the classes out of order, just because I can.

Amy Maricle’s class was called Soothing Watercolour Eucalyptus pages. I used indigo watercolour and a size 10 round brush. I worked in the handmade journal, with an Australian Piano Hinge binding, we were encouraged to make for the course.

This was fun and turned out better than I was expecting. I like the technique Amy taught and will try this again.
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April 18, 2026
Sketchbook Revival 2026
I follow Helen Wells on YouTube. She posted recently about Sketchbook Revival 2026, a free course in April to refresh your sketchbook practice. Heck yes! I love working in my sketchbooks so this was a no brainer.

There’s a pre course class where you make a book to use for the course if you want … of course you can use what you already have, or buy one. I can do a simple sewn signature journal, but not much else. This looked achievable so I have it a go.

I’ll use the Australian Piano Hinge style again. Is mine perfect? Of course not, it’s my first attempt, and anyway nothing’s ever perfect. The paper I used for one element is a bit heavy, so it cracked on the fold. My cutting is slightly off, so some pages are a little bit shorter. But you know what? It doesn’t matter … I love it!
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March 31, 2026