5-minute graphite sketching

April 15, 2024 | 12 Comments Sketching Sydney

  The other day I did three quick sketches in minutes just before rushing to appointments, using a Castell 9000 2B graphite pencil.  I think I have a new ‘fast tool’! A fast tool is one that I know I can use for super quick sketches and typically they can produce a variety of line...

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Drawing the Drawing Office

April 5, 2024 | 8 Comments
Sketching Sydney

On Wednesday afternoon I made a quick visit to Cockatoo Island as I have a workshop there coming up soon. It’s a private workshop for a local firm of architects that was originally scheduled for December last year… but rain and other things have prevented it. So I had to go back this week and...

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New Watercolour Pencil Selection

March 25, 2024 | 21 Comments
Pencils

Earlier this year I decided to reduce the number of coloured pencils/watercolour pencils (WCPs) that I carried around. I wanted a limited selection that was quite different from the usual WCP set that I’ve used for many years (see here). And I came up with these 9 Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils. This page was how...

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