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Recent sketches: Bits and pieces

September 28, 2020 | 9 Comments
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Everyday Sketching

I’m doing a fair amount of sketching at the moment so there seems to be a lot to catch up on since my last article of everyday sketches. This article covers the last few weeks of work and includes two sketchbooks – 8×10 Stillman and Birn Alpha softcover and Goldline Natural Sketchbook (180gsm). Both books...

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SketchChat Session: Dunnottar Castle with progress photos

September 25, 2020 | Leave your thoughts
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  One of the good things to come out of this pandemic is that I’m keeping in touch with some friends more than normal and Esther Semmens in Edinburgh is one of them. If you don’t know her, Esther  is the friend that started me sketching with watercolour back in 2007 and amazingly, we’ve managed...

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A morning on Cockatoo Island

September 21, 2020 | 2 Comments
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Sketching Sydney

This morning I headed out to Cockatoo Island for a few hours of sketching. It was a gorgeous warm morning (forecast of 30C) and it felt so good to be out on the harbour again! The purpose of the visit was to go on a sketching outing – part of Lesson 5 of Watercolour On...

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Friday night baroque in a new sketchbook

September 18, 2020 | 1 Comment
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How many of you remember the old days of Friday night Baroque? When I used to work as an architect I often ‘relaxed’ at the end of a busy week by doing a crazy quick sketch of a fancy Baroque building. Tonight I felt in the mood to revive the old tradition…. so here is...

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My Teacup Collection in full

September 16, 2020 | 4 Comments
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Teacup Sketching

So here it is… my entire teacup collection in full. This was such a fun project and it’s been great to use all my cups and to do a little research about each. I also created a little schedule for myself to document them all and it helped me determine a few fun stats. Most...

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Saturday's Sketch Outing

September 14, 2020 | 4 Comments
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On Saturday I went into the city for a solo sketching adventure. It felt great to be out walking and sketching in the heart of Sydney once again. I had been thinking about doing this for a while but something always came up to prevent it. However this week in the Group Run-through of Watercolour...

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