“Most afternoons, once the heat goes out of the day, I sit on the back verandah with a pencil and whatever is in front of me. That hour is mine.”
Margaret Doyle
I’m Margaret. I’m a mum of three grown-up kids and a nan to five, and I live in Brisbane with a back verandah that gets the afternoon breeze.
I’m not trained and I don’t pretend to be. I picked up a pencil properly after I stopped working, and I’ve drawn most days since.
My table
A folding table, a cushion for my back, and a jam jar of pencils that has been through more than one grandchild’s hands. Graphite mostly, colored pencils when I feel brave, and a pad of plain cartridge paper.
What I write here
What I’ve tried myself: which pencils are kind to tired fingers, which paper takes colour without fuss, how to set up a table so you can sit for an hour, and which small projects are worth a Tuesday afternoon. When something didn’t work, I say so.
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