Time to catch up on a few teacup sketches which I have done in recent weeks. They are good examples of three important aspects of my sketching: reflex sketching sketching in the in-between moments taking risks when working wet-in-wet. Teacup 35: T2 Fruity cup and saucer This is a completely reflex sketch while chatting...
CONTINUE READINGContinuing with my normal travel sketching tradition, here are five reflections from my 2020 Europe Virtual Trip. 1. A daily challenge Like any daily challenge it was hard going at times, but always worth the effort and discipline! I really wasn’t sure that I would be able to keep it up as I have had...
CONTINUE READINGWell this is it… my last sketches from my big 11 week Virtual Trip to Europe! This year I had intended to fly from Amsterdam to Inverness and then spend a week or so with my sister and family while on holidays (vacation) on the mainland. (If you don’t know, my sister lives on a...
CONTINUE READINGA short article today just to share the sketches I did ‘passing through Gouda for one day’ as part of my Virtual Trip to Europe. Last year I spent a wonderful week in Gouda before heading to Amsterdam for the Urban Sketchers Symposium. I have a really good friend who lives here and she...
CONTINUE READINGBack in February when I realised that my big trip might not go ahead I stopped planning the second half. So after Luxembourg I was planning to attend a sketching event in Maastricht and then spend 2 weeks in the region visiting some places in Belgium including Brussels. As my itinerary hadn’t been planned in...
CONTINUE READINGAfter 8 weeks sketching in Italy as part of my Virtual European trip, I headed somewhere new… Luxembourg. This is the first destination on this trip which I hadn’t previously visited so it was the first time I was completely dependent on Google street view for reference photos. I spent a number of hours exploring...
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