Today I started a new sketchbook as #112 was finished on the weekend. But hey, didn’t I just start a new book a few weeks ago? Yes, I finished a Stillman and Birn Alpha Softcover 8×10″ size, 120 page sketchbook in only 3 weeks! I think this is a record for an everyday sketching book...
CONTINUE READINGOver the last two weeks I have been sharing examples of Feeling Edges and Abstracting Shapes from my 2018 travel sketchbooks. These are two of the three ways of visual thinking which I explain in detail in SketchingNow Foundations. Today, we will look at the third way – Constructing Volumes. Constructing volumes is all about...
CONTINUE READINGI get asked this question on a regular basis, so obviously I haven’t got it clearly specified anywhere. Therefore that is what I’m doing today! Answer: The headings are made with a photopolymer stamp set – Southport Alphabet by Paper Person – using an acrylic block and Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black stamp pad. I...
CONTINUE READINGThe past week was the first normal work week of the year for me and a chance to start implementing the strategies that came out of my planning session the week before. Whilst a lot of what I did should remain private I’m happy to share some of the new things I am working on....
CONTINUE READINGContinuing on with what I did last week, I thought I would review my big travel sketchbooks from 2018 and find some good examples of Abstracting Shapes. This is Lesson 3 of SketchingNow Foundations which we are going through this week in my 2019 Re-run. I know that I use shapes a LOT in my...
CONTINUE READINGOne of the most common watercolour questions I get is “Why (on earth) do you use Potter’s Pink? I just don’t understand why you like it so much as it is such a weak pigment.” In fact during the first run of SketchingNow Watercolour there was an active forum topic devoted to it. I also...
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