The delightful Charlie at Doodlewash has been kind enough to give me a guest artist spot on his blog. He is a great supporter of all sketching art and watercolour. Such a great opportunity to meet other like-minded people! Thanks Charlie, much appreciated.
My name is Anna Warren (Follow me on WordPress, Facebook, and Instagram!). Growing up in the UK, camping was not a big part of my life, but now I live in Australia it has become a huge part of my life. Each year we go into the furthest corners of Australia, exploring areas that most Australians never get the chance to see, let alone people from other parts of the world. Wherever we go I take at least one sketchbook – nowadays it is generally an A4 hardback book, my favourite being one from Daler Rowney, but I have also used Stillman & Birn and Hahnemühle.
I often also carry a small sketchbook that will fit in my backpack when walking, a selection of waterproof pens of different thicknesses, the fine ones, (.05-.3) are my favourite range, and a Winsor & Newton travel paintbox. The paintbox…
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anna warren portfolio 
Now this is a journal! (Compared to my paltry sketches this morning) – admiring!!!
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Ah thank you! I was lucky enough to be travelling for a long time, so the journal grew!
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Looking at your sketchbook is always a inspiring delight, it makes me very happy! xo Johanna
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Oh thank you Johanna, that is such a lovely thing to say!
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Wonderful!
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Thank you Susan!
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So happy to see your featured post on Charlie’s Doodlewash, a great read. Love your work and your ability to make even a discarded broken sea shell a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for sharing the journey and the inspiration.
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Thank you for joining me on the journey! So pleased you enjoyed it. Charlie is a great supporter!
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Marvellous – love your observations, the small details!
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Thank you Sue – it’s the little things that captivate me.
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And all too often they go unnotIced…
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Yes, it amazes me sometimes what people tread on!
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Oh yes…
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Anna I was thrilled to see you featured on Charlie’s blog and love seeing it here on your blog. You sketches and watercolor always delight me. I could spend hours looking at your work! Beauty really is in all the little details!
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It was a great compliment to be asked – such a great opportunity to reach different people, but you are the one who drew my attention to Doodlewash when Charlie featured you and your beautiful sketches. I love just looking at yours too, you have such a great design sense, and the most perfect fluid line. And yes, we both love the little details don’t we!
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Very cool. Congratulations!
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Thank you Nancy – it was fun!
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I wish my sketchbook looked a lot more like yours:) Congrats, great interview!
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Thanks Elena, it was such a good opportunity. I would love to see your sketchbook, I think it would be an absolute feast!
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Charlie, you have a good eye! Great to have Anna’s work on your site as a guest. The art of sketching is alive and well – and such thought-provoking results it yields in the hands of Anna.
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Thank you Julie – I love the idea that sketching is thought-provoking. It’s something about the gathering of ideas and memories maybe.
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Congratulations on your guest spot, the blog was really lovely. Karen
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It was a nice thing to do, always good to revisit my sketchbooks, they bring back so many memories! Thanks Karen.
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Wow. Nice. I went to Italy last year with the intent of keeping a drawing journal. That lasted through the flight over there. I need to work on my patience. I love to doodle. Even offering an original cartoon doodle to anyone who contributes to my blog with new years resolutions here…
https://confederacyofdrones.com/2016/12/20/drones-groans-1/
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Thanks, glad you like my work. I don’t keep up the sketchbook on every trip I do – sometimes no time, sometimes no subject matter! Just keep taking your sketchbook with you, and seize opportunities!
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