So you might have noticed that a few weeks ago my local cafe got new (turquoise) cups. And (drum roll please) last week these new cups led to a change in my palette. What???? The cups are my favourite colour (and a perfect match for my favourite paint colour) but funnily enough I have been...
CONTINUE READINGSo last week was the first week back in the smaller book (5.5 x 8.5 Stillman and Birn, Alpha softcover) and it felt so good. Having a smaller, lighter book makes a big difference in terms of the weight I carry around everyday and it also feels more personal – more like a diary/journal than...
CONTINUE READINGThis week in the Foundations re-run we are looking at how to sight measure and create more accurate sketches. I did a heap of bonus videos including one on foreshortening. I will share this as a separate article soon, but if you want a preview check out my Instagram post. Rather than sharing a heap...
CONTINUE READINGLast week I started a new project: Sketching my way through my teacup collection. The idea is to drink out of a different teacup each week and to do a sketch of it. I just realised that it will be 10 years in February from when I started in earnest to regularly sketch teacups so...
CONTINUE READINGToday 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...
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