I just discovered that I haven’t been regularly sharing my everyday sketches – it was Feb last year when I last published a Last Week article! What???? That’s a sign of how jam packed 2019 was and that even though I was sketching a lot, I just didn’t find the time to share. So, I...
CONTINUE READINGAs mentioned previously, I can feel a bit lost when I use different paper as I can’t achieve my normal wet in wet techniques. This is especially the case when I sketch teacups as I’m dependent on the paper behaving, so I create the fun patterns on the saucer. These two sketches were done on...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve recently finished a Nostalgie sketchbook by Hahnemuhle and I absolutely loved using it! Nostalgie paper is 190gsm very smooth white paper (no cotton content) which is similar to Stillman and Birn Epsilon and Zeta (in fact it’s midway in weight between the two). Here is a photo comparing the surface with the Hahnemuhle Watercolour...
CONTINUE READINGI’m gearing up for a Group Run Through of my SketchingNow Buildings course and I’m very excited as it’s going to be the most interactive run through I’ve ever done. We’ll be taking it slowly (two weeks for each lesson) so that we can all really absorb the concepts and have time to do the...
CONTINUE READINGMost of you will have heard of the horrific bushfires which we have been experiencing here in Australia in recent days. Dangerous bushfires are always part of our summer (see more here) , but they are especially bad this year due to a terrible drought we’re experiencing. There are so many fires burning across the...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been meaning to do this for years! In fact the first time I did it was way back in 2013 when I was using a triad. Suhita has reminded me recently to do this numerous times so I’m not sure why it has taken me so long to get around to it. So what’s...
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