Last week was a very special one – Mike Botton and I hosted a virtual Umbrian tour for the people who had signed up for the Palladian Odyssey tours this year. We also opened it up to past participants (in our private Palladian Odyssey group) and we shared some photos publicly (see more about this...
CONTINUE READINGLast week during the virtual tour of Umbria (for the 2020 Palladian Odyssey group) I shared some important techniques for including people in an urban scene. It was based on the workshop that I taught in Gubbi in 2019 and this photo was from a visit to the town the week before the workshops. The...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s over a month since I last published an article in my “Last Week’ series… so this one is entitled “Last month!” I’ve been continuing to fill my everyday sketchbook but stopped posting my pages here as it takes so long to scan and put these articles together. And although it’s important to me to...
CONTINUE READINGToday I finally get a chance to discuss my favourite group of paints – the earth pigments! In fact, it was earth colours which started my journey into the world of pigments many years ago. Because of the difference between Daniel Smith Burnt Sienna (PBr7) and Winsor & Newton Burnt Sienna (PR101) I began to...
CONTINUE READINGLast week I had a more relaxed week in terms of my virtual sketching trip based in the tiny town of Montone, Umbria. I spent the week roughly going through the itinerary for the Palladian Odyssey Umbrian Tour and doing a number of quick loose sketches. It’s much harder to create lively sketches when working...
CONTINUE READINGToday I’m just going to share two paints in my palette. My one green one and my favourite paint colour – light turquoise. A few comments about green: Some artists argue that you shouldn’t have green in your palette as mixed greens (yellow and blue) are so much nicer. I used to hold to...
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