October was quiet here on the blog thanks to a much needed 2 week break! So the theme of travel sketching is the main one this month. Travel Sketching I spent two weeks sketching beaches and trying different techniques: Using my watercolour pencils at Port Macquarie Creating texture with my Eradicator Brush (also at Port...
CONTINUE READINGFor the second week of my break I headed to the South Coast (based at Culburra Beach) with my parents. We don’t know the South Coast very well so we did a fair bit of exploring. It was a bit of a novelty for me to be travelling with other people – normally I’m on...
CONTINUE READINGAs mentioned yesterday, after a couple of days painting the beaches of Port Macquarie, I started using my Eradicator. “THE Eradicator” (this is what is written on the brush handle) by Rosemary Brushes is a stiff synthetic brush used for lifting and cleaning up edges. Find out more about it here. I’ve had a Medium...
CONTINUE READINGI’m just back from 2 weeks holiday (vacation) at the beach. I went north to Port Macquarie for the first week and then headed south for the second. Port Macquarie is my go-to holiday destination so it was nice to return and catch up with some good friends while I was there. I had a...
CONTINUE READINGLast week my great sketching buddies Suhita Shirodkar and Paul Wang invited me to be a guest at one of their SketchingPlayLab Block Parties. It was so much fun! The theme of the Block Party was travel sketching and I gave a short presentation about my approach to it. I explained three important aspects of...
CONTINUE READINGToday I’m kicking off another Group Run-through of Foundations – yay! As always I’m really excited to be going through the lessons again and to be hanging out with the incredible SketchingNow community that forms inside the classroom. Lesson 1 is all about getting to know and love our materials. It’s really easy to buy...
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