This week on Sketchbook Club, I discussed the natural glory of my homeland.
- Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden
- The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden
- Rough Patch by Richard Bell
- Richard Bell’s Blog
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Danny Gregory 
Ink-redible! Thank you. Such an interesting, peaceful video!
By the way, I posted a YouTube video to my Russian sketching FB group describing your book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiygUx513rM, and about four people went out and bought the book! They loved it!
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Love, love, love the music you chose… What was it?
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I have the Country Diary of Miss Holden. Every time I look at it, I feel thrilled at the beauty of it.
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They are really motivating to see, Thank you
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Edith Holden’s ‘Country Diary’ was published at the time I’d been commissioned to do a ‘Britain’ sketchbook by Collins. I didn’t dare look at it until I was three-quarters of the way through my year’s journey because I didn’t want to be influenced; I bought a copy in a village in the Cotswolds and read it cover to cover on the train back home to Yorkshire. I thought that my approach was quite different but I did get one or two reviews inferring that I was trying to cash in on its success. If only! I’d been influenced years earlier, as a young student, by an exhibition of Leonardo’s sketchbooks in the Buckingham Palace gallery.
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Ah, but you are both geniuses!
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One of my favorite post from you…
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Another wonderful journey Danny, I had to look him up as I vaguely recalled one of your interviews with Richard where he showed his journals.
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A day/hours well spent. Love your page and the music in this video. It can be overwhelming to tackle a big plot of foliage but you got in the zone and made it happen!
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