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Port Macquarie Trip Part 2: Painting with The Eradicator

October 27, 2020 | Leave your thoughts
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As 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...

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Port Macquarie Trip Part 1: Using my watercolour pencils

October 26, 2020 | 4 Comments
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I’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...

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20 years ago: Plans, elevations, sections and axonometrics

October 9, 2020 | 4 Comments
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Last 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...

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What am I not using in my kit? (Foundations Lesson 1)

October 7, 2020 | 11 Comments
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Today 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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Sketchbook Review: Clairefontane Goldline Natural

October 2, 2020 | 5 Comments
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  Another book review – today it’s the Clairefontane Goldline Natural Sketchbook 20x20cm (see here) which I just finished.  It seems to be the same book as one I bought in Europe last year under the brand of Charvin. BOOK CHARACTERISTICS Size and Format: I used a Square 20x20cm.  It also comes in square (15x15cm...

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September 2020 Roundup

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September seems to have flown by so it is really good to pause and review what I did during the month. Teacups I’m so happy to finally finish my big project of sketching through my entire teacup collection – including a few cracked/broken ones. I started it in Jan 2019 and 54 teacups later the...

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