Long time no Chronicles hey?

Well, grab a brew and hold onto your sketchbooks because the Coloured Pencil Chronicles are BACK—and I’m kicking things off with a bang, a bucket list cruise, a fox drawing loved by over 16,000 people (yes, really!), a shiny new team, and a spray tan that didn’t entirely go to plan.
This month’s video is like a proper catch-up cuppa—warm, real, and packed with behind-the-scenes goodness. Here’s what’s inside:

🛳️ Teaching on a Caribbean Cruise

 Total dream moment. Sunshine, seaweed wraps, snorkelling with fish, and sketching with students I’ve only ever seen on Zoom—absolute magic.

🎨 Coloured Pencil Week Sneak Peeks

Coming this May and it’s bigger and better than ever! We’ve got a class sponsored by Derwent (I KNOW!), and I’m showing you the adorable mini hare, owl, and deer we’ll be drawing together. Spoiler: they’re tiny, frame-worthy, and ridiculously cute.

🖼️ My Yorkshire Landscape Obsession

 I’ve fallen in love with tiny drawings lately! Like my sweet little Yorkshire scene done with Lightfasts on Bristol vellum. It’s quick, fun, and totally do-able even on a busy day.

🐴 Free Foal Tutorial on YouTube

Fancy a little drawing project? There’s a gentle, values-focused foal tutorial waiting for you over on YouTube—completely free.

📖 My First Feature in Artists & Illustrators Magazine

There’s a teeny Yorkshire terrier in there that I absolutely adored drawing—and you can follow along step-by-step!

📣 Meet the Team

 We’ve had some exciting additions: Chloe, our fabulous new marketing whiz and Tanzeela—my new executive assistant who’s basically changed my life by giving me actual creative time again.

💍 Jewellery, Yoga &  Wellbeing

I’m feeling better than I have in years. There’s yoga, intermittent fasting, fabulous new rings, and yes, I even treated myself to a spray tan for an upcoming retreat (don’t ask about the foot pads…).

Pop the kettle on and have a watch of the full video above…..

And don’t forget to follow along with my Facebook and Instagram pages for updates, sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes joy and probably the odd sketchbook-in-bed moment.

This isn’t just a comeback, it’s a revival! And honestly? If this is how the year’s shaping up… I can’t wait to see what’s next! I love that I get to share it all with you!