Note: This palette has now been changed – the latest version is here. I’ve just cleaned and topped up my palette for my end of year “stay-cation” so it was the perfect time to updated you on what has changed in the last few months. (NOTE: This post has been updated APRIL 2019) What’s in...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s going to be another quick post today as I’m still working on a big illustration job and don’t have a lot of spare time. Click here for an example (from 5 years ago!) of the ‘neat style’ (for me) that I do for this type of project. So here are two teacup sketches I...
CONTINUE READINGYesterday I was looking through my sketchbooks from this year and discovered that I never posted my sketches of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge from October. There are Sydney’s most well-known structures and I love sketching them. These were done a few days before I left for my CA trip. I went into...
CONTINUE READINGI’m excited to announce a new course called Watercolour On Location. This is in direct response to requests from lots of people who finished SketchingNow Watercolour – they wanted a Watercolour Part 2! In this new course we will be building on the skills which we developed in SketchingNow Watercolour (controlling water, mixing, layering, working...
CONTINUE READINGMost of you know that I sketch my coffee every morning, especially if you read last week’s Back Home article. It’s a wake-up ritual with the main idea being to get the hand moving and to put pigment and water on the page. Occasionally I try something different but normally it’s similar to what I’ve...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been home from my Californian travels for just over three weeks now so it’s time to bring you up to speed with my everyday sketching. I normally find that I struggle to sketch when I return from a big sketching trip. I might be quite mentally inspired from my overseas adventures but everyday life...
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