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Tips for sketching people in public

April 11, 2019 | 8 Comments
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As I’ve just hit 100 for this year’s OneWeek100people challenge (see here for more) I thought it would be a good chance to consolidate my thoughts about how to sketch people in public. Thoughts on improving your people sketching I think sketching people on location is all about relying on your knowledge of the human...

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#oneweek100people2019 - Hitting 100 on day 3

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So I hit 100 people by 10am Wednesday. Woo hoo! (Insert celebration emoji here!) I did 60 people sketches (most ink and watercolour) in one three hour visit to Goodfields Eatery – with time for 2 coffees and a little work while waiting for washes to dry. I was totally exhausted by the end but...

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Group Run-through for SketchingNow Edges - starting on 17 April

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I’m super excited to announce that I’m hosting a Group Run-through of my SketchingNow Edges course, starting next week. Edges is the second course that I put together and was the result of realizing that thinking about Edges is the secret weapon when it comes to working in ink and wash. It picks up on...

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#oneweek100people2019 - Day 2: Skin Mixes and thoughts on doing challenges

April 9, 2019 | 9 Comments
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Yesterday I shared some watercolour mixes for skin colours on Instagram, and asked people to share their favourite mixes as well. I would love to do the same here so that this article becomes an easily accessible resource for others. Even though I am experimenting with this rather random combination right at the moment (using...

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#oneweek100people2019 - Day 1 cafe sketching

April 8, 2019 | 4 Comments
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So I spent 2 hours at Goodfields Eatery this morning and managed to sketch 24 people (and a coffee) in watercolour in 1 hour, and then spent the other hour doing some work (i’m trying not to think about how much work I have to get done this week!) I’m very happy with what I...

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Some thoughts before #oneweek100people2019

April 6, 2019 | 3 Comments
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So yesterday morning I decided to go to the ‘busy cafe’ to get a feel for how much time it will take me to do 20 watercolour people. I have an extremely demanding week ahead (in terms of workload) so I wanted to make sure that my goals are achievable. The other reason for this...

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