I have been drawing all my life, but only started drawing in earnest 20 years ago, when I started a family.

Although I used to 'do' paintings with oil and watercolour, I have always been attracted to drawing and sketching.

I particularly enjoy using ink, as it opens up a world of detail - an excellent medium for houses and gardens.

I like to think the eye can wander all over my sketches and pick out interesting bits of details in all the corners.

A little colour is added to make a statement, accentuate something and to enhance the detail - I feel that too much colour detracts from the sketch.

I work from home, in Palmerston North, the Manawatu region of New Zealand, where I live with my husband and three children.