It’s no secret that I’m obsessed with sketching using shapes. Switching my visual thinking from edges to shapes (and in particular starting my sketches with shapes) has had such an impact on my work over the years and I believe it’s the secret to strong painting and working more quickly and loosely! This week as...
CONTINUE READINGMy blue selection is a little more standard than my yellow and red. I have three popular colours – French Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue and Cobalt Blue. I also have a dark staining blue – Indanthrone Blue – making my blue paints the largest group in my palette. I love having a variety of pigment types...
CONTINUE READINGRed is another hue in my palette where my selections are a little unusual. A standard split primary red would include a Cadmium Red or a Scarlet as the warm red, and Alizarin Crimson or a Carmine as the cool version. Instead I have a dark orange for a warm red (DS Transparent Pyrrol Orange)...
CONTINUE READINGThe goal of this series of articles is NOT to suggest that you run out and buy every colour which I use. Instead my hope is that by sharing my own thought process and preferences you’ll be able to think through your own palette and personal colour needs. We all have different favourite...
CONTINUE READINGI’m excited to announce a new series here on my blog – going through each colour in my palette explaining why it’s there and sharing some favourite mixes. It’s going to very personal at times, more emotional than technical (eg. ‘I just love this colour’) and I’ll also be sharing some aspects of my palette...
CONTINUE READINGThis week I did this simple 6 minute sketch from my balcony as part of Foundations Lesson 2: Feeling Edges. For those of you doing the Foundations Group Run-through… a video version has just been posted into the classroom. I absolutely love doing this type of sketch – they are quick to do, they get...
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