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...
CONTINUE READINGSo 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...
CONTINUE READINGI’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...
CONTINUE READINGYesterday 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...
CONTINUE READINGSo 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...
CONTINUE READINGSo 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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