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Oneweek100people: Day 4 and 5

March 13, 2020 | 3 Comments
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Everyday Sketching

    It’s been a very dramatic week to be hosting the Oneweek100people challenge with the Coronavirus situation having a big impact on us all. I hope that you are all safe and well and found a way to be part of the challenge! Here in Sydney most people are still continuing with their normal daily...

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Oneweek100people2020 Day 3: Slowing down

March 11, 2020 | 2 Comments
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Everyday Sketching

This morning I headed back to Goodfields Eatery to enjoy a slow paced quiet morning. However the cafe was anything but quiet – really packed and busy. I felt exhausted after my two hour session and I think that was mainly the result of the noise and busyness rather than the concentration needed for another...

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Oneweek100people2020 Day 2: Having too much fun to focus on sketching

March 10, 2020 | Leave your thoughts
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Everyday Sketching

       Today I spent the afternoon at Goodfields cafe and had a very low key sketchmeet. We had a nice group of sketchers come and go during the afternoon and we took over most of the big communal table at the cafe with lots of room to spread out. I was involved in almost non-stop...

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Oneweek100people2020 Day 1: My 'wash and ink' technique

March 9, 2020 | 1 Comment
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Everyday Sketching

   This morning I headed to Goodfields Eatery before 8am to get my quota of 20 people sketches completed early. But sadly the cafe wasn’t busy enough and so it took me a little longer than I expected to get to 20. But in the end I managed 26 by 9.30am. An Instagram follower sat...

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#oneweek100people2020 prep: Researching facial features

March 6, 2020 | 2 Comments
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My #oneweek100people2020 prep is well and truly underway now as it’s only a few days until the challenge begins. I’ve started a new book – another Kunst and Papier sketchbook – and I’m filling up the first few spreads with doing some research on facial features and sketching what I find. I chose this sketchbook...

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SketchingNow Perspective Basics

March 4, 2020 | Leave your thoughts
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A few weeks ago I released a lesson on perspective into my SketchingNow Buildings course. This lesson summarised the essential techniques for using perspective when sketching and I shared a number demos showing how I apply these concepts in real life examples. Here is a brief overview of the lesson.   Perspective challenges I’m an...

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