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Tokyo Train sketches
I’m back in Tokyo throughout this month, and, as is my habit, have been drawing people on trains again. As I’m staying in a central part...

StudioNIB
Jul 11, 20191 min read
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The start of Inktober 2018
My, October already! I can hardly believe it. These last few months have been focused on buying/selling my house and preparation for a...

StudioNIB
Oct 8, 20182 min read
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Inktober 2017 – the final week!
… Or rather 10 days, to finish off the month-long daily-ink-drawing exercise that ran through October. I’ve really enjoyed Inktober this...

StudioNIB
Nov 1, 20172 min read
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Inktober 2017 – Week 3
This Week 3 of Inktober has been odd, I’ve actually had a fair bit of work to get on with, but amidst the clamour of deadlines Inktober...

StudioNIB
Oct 22, 20171 min read
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Inktober 2017 – Week 2
So we’re at the end of the second week of Inktober, in what has been a rather surprisingly eventful week for me (but that’s another...

StudioNIB
Oct 15, 20171 min read
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Getting in the Groove: daily sketching and writing
If you’ve been following me on Instagram (which I’m slowly comprehending) and Twitter, you might have seen some of the (mostly) daily...

StudioNIB
Aug 18, 20173 min read
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A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.10: Tokyo Sketchbook, 1987
The final item in this History of my Archive in 10 Objects found in my father’s loft are two sketchbooks from my earliest days in Japan...

StudioNIB
Oct 4, 20163 min read
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Journeying through the Peaks and the Troughs
So, we approach the end of summer, and for me things are beginning to calm down after months of precipitous highs and lows. Amongst the...

StudioNIB
Aug 28, 20163 min read
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The Balance Between Deadlines and Doodles
Sketching, sketching! I’ve not posted any sketches to the blog for a while, for a variety of reasons, the main one being that I’ve just...

StudioNIB
Jan 25, 20162 min read
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Under Siege by Sound
My house and studio is an island in a raging sea of noise. Right outside my window the builders are digging up the road yet again. The...

StudioNIB
Dec 7, 20131 min read
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A Drawing a Day #9
This kind of suggests the kind of turmoil my house is in at the moment. Or maybe it’s just my brain. #sketchbook #sketching

StudioNIB
Sep 16, 20111 min read
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A Drawing a Day #7
Why Princesses you may ask? Well, my 8 year old daughter might have something to do with it, though she claims she no longer likes...

StudioNIB
Sep 14, 20111 min read
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