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Peachtober2021

It’s Peachtober!! Daily uploads of the #peachtober21 drawing challenge.

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Hourly Comics Day 2021

Hourlies Comics Day 2021!
It’s here! January 2021 is finally, finally over and now we have February waiting for us. A perfect bottle episode of a month.

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Botanic Gardens 14/9/2020

Part 2 of 2 in the Whero Sketchbook series from the Auckland Botanic Gardens. It’s delight for your whatu and for the ol’ māhunga.

Botanic Gardens 31/8/2020

The full sketchbook recording of my recent trip to Auckland’s Botanic Gardens and the joy I found there.

Toi o Tāmaki 4/8/2020

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Toi o Tāmaki 9/1/20

Short sketchbook tour of a visit to the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Inktober 2019

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The Day I Went to the City!

art, makin' stuff, Sketchbook, Small AdventuresHolly Manning23 August 2019art, nz art, nz artist, sketchbook, Auckland Museum, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, watercolour, inkComment

Making a Drawing

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The Big Adventure.

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