I’m really excited to announce that I will be doing a live sketching architecture demo tomorrow with the wonderful Maria from Art Toolkit on Instagram. Friday, August 14th, 4pm Pacific / 9am Saturday Australian Eastern (August 15th) in Sydney Maria Coryell-Martin is the creator of the Pocket Palette and the Demi Palette – super compact...
CONTINUE READINGHow to be looser? I get asked this question frequently and so today in the weekly livestream associated with my Watercolour On Location course we had a fascinating discussion about it. Whilst not everyone wants to work loosely, it does seem that a lot of people are striving after it! In particular I asked...
CONTINUE READINGOn Saturday afternoon I spent a few hours sketching in the lovely suburb of Hunters Hill with a friend. We hadn’t seen each other since the beginning of March so it was great to actually see each other, sketch together and have some inspiring art chat! The forecast was for rain on Saturday but didn’t...
CONTINUE READINGTwo weeks ago I started a new sketchbook – a Moleskine Watercolour Notebook in A4 portrait – and I’m absolutely loving it. I filled 13 of these books during my big Europe trip last year but haven’t used them since then. Not only does the paper suit my style of watercolour (see this article for...
CONTINUE READINGSometimes I feel as if I will never finish this project of sketching my entire teacup collection as it keeps growing! But the latest one is very special…. Teacup 36: Royal Albert Moonlight Rose I was recently given two Royal Albert Moonlight Rose teacups which belonged to my Aunt. This cup design and colour scheme...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been casually dropping comments over the last few weeks about how I prefer Moleskine Watercolour sketchbooks over Hahnemuehle Watercolour books and so I think it’s time to finally explain this in more detail. My personal preference – not a recommendation! It’s very important to stress at the outset that this article is all about...
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Online Sketching Courses with Liz Steel
