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These sketches are great! Thank you for sharing your process :)

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Thanks for sharing. I love the beach sketches! Super cool.

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Love the sketches and thank you for the book tip!

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Oh these sketches are glorious! I’m in awe. (I think the man with the tummy is my fave.) Beautiful photos too.

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When a bald man with a big tummy arrives at the pool my eyes light up! 😆😆😆

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Feels like we are there munching crisps on the next banana lounge - thanks for sharing

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😂☀️

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Happy holidays Helen! Fab crisp chair and amazing drawings as always! 😘

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Jul 8Liked by Helen Stephens

I love drawing people relaxing on holiday! These are so great helen. x

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Thank you 😍

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Such fabulous lively drawings! Love those wibbly underwater limbs on the people who are swimming! Have a brilliant holiday! Thank you for the postcard 😆

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Ta Nanette ☀️😍

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This makes me almost want to draw in public.

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Do it! No one notices anyway 😂

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Jul 7Liked by Helen Stephens

I love this so much! I was at a pool this weekend and wanted to draw but got all in my head about my skills and didn’t do it. Love seeing this and hope I can break away from my inner critique and do some fun speed drawings by the pool or beach next time.

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My tip is to get the bad drawings out of the way, my first couple are guaranteed to be a disaster, it takes a while to find your feet. Good luck next time! 😍

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Love the sketches, Helen. I need to find myself a pool and draw people :)

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Fun sketches! I love that you brought all those pencils and used only the graphite.

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I plan using some colour tomorrow, I can’t bring those pencil all this way and leave them in the pencil case 😂

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Jul 7Liked by Helen Stephens

Loved the drawings, so real😄, thanks for the book titles, good suggestions for our book club,

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Oh yes, good choices for a book club!

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Jul 7Liked by Helen Stephens

have a fabulous time! (looks as if you are already...) ❤️

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Ta Viv, we are having the best time- sunshine and sketching, perfect!

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Jul 7Liked by Helen Stephens

Thank you for sharing which sketchbook you used as I was going to ask on instagram ☺️ lovely pictures, hope to do some do my own version when I eventually get away on my sunshine holiday later in the summer

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Oh good luck! Yes that Pith book is lovely!

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Jul 7Liked by Helen Stephens

You are the master of real life drawing! I am always in awe.

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Ah thank you 😍

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