After our sketching of San Jose Victorians (refer to the end of this article) Suhita organised a few friends over for an evening of catching up and sketching. I had hoped to sketch some pumpkins this trip but these gourds were the closest I got to doing a seasonal still life. (Note: it’s spring in...
CONTINUE READINGA little over a week ago I got some of the new Daniel Smith half pan sets (delivered to me direct from DS). Amongst the new sets is this one – the Sketchers kit which includes my base 6 colours, plus 9 empty half pans in a compact box. I’m unbelievably honored and excited about...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s been nearly a week since I arrived here in the SF/Bay Area and it’s been pretty busy (that is a little bit of an understatement). I have been with friends the whole time so I haven’t had a chance to share anything here. But today, I’ve got a few hours spare as I’ve joined...
CONTINUE READINGHere is a quick sketch of Customs House, Brisbane from a few weeks ago.I have had three short trips to Brisbane recently as part of a series of workshops I have been teaching for BVN Architecture. I did this sketch in order to test the scene for a potential workshop demo and exercise and it...
CONTINUE READINGFor me travel sketching is much more than doing one or two ‘proper’ sketches each day. It’s about creating a narrative and recording everything I do in multiple sketches (in a variety of styles) and text. It’s normally hard to do this when I’m teaching, but the Palladian Odyssey is an exception. During the week...
CONTINUE READINGSome of you might remember my long article about the change in the paper of the Moleskine Watercolour sketchbooks back in 2014 when the labels became white and pink. Basically the quality of the paper dropped significantly with a very noticeable difference between the front and back side of the paper, and a strong mechanical...
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