A little over a week ago, I taught a 2 day workshop in The Rocks – a lovely historic area of Sydney. We had a lot of rain and the logistics were challenging so I was really happy that I’d hired a workshop room (in Craft NSW) for the morning session. At least we were...
CONTINUE READINGOne of the most common mistakes I see in urban sketches (in the work of both beginners and more seasoned sketchers) is getting the angle of ground-lines incorrect. By ‘ground-line’ I am referring to the line which is drawn at the base of a building and/or lines indicating roads, kerbs, sidewalks (footpaths). It is very...
CONTINUE READINGA few weeks ago I shared the news that I was making some changes to my palette because of the new turquoise cups at my local cafe. Well, I’m now using Winsor Newton (WN) Cobalt Turquoise Light and WN Cobalt Turquoise. How did I get to this decision? To recap: In painting these new cups...
CONTINUE READINGLast week was very hectic for me but I have more pages than normal to share with you. That’s because I used my everyday sketchbook during a two-day workshop which I taught on Thursday and Friday. I normally do these pages in a separate teaching book (a larger spiral bound Alpha), but I wanted to...
CONTINUE READINGOne of the things I love so much about sketching (as opposed to more traditional watercolour painting) is the interplay between line and colour. Whilst there is a real charm about neat ink and wash illustrations, where the paint completely fills in the shapes defined by the ink drawing, I really love it when line...
CONTINUE READINGI’m nearly exclusively a fountain pen girl (I’ve been using them since my primary school days) so I don’t use fineliners much – practically never when it comes to sketching. I do have a bit of a collection (from my architect’s days) but really don’t know which is the best. So I need your help!...
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