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Would you attempt to sketch this scene if you only had 30 minutes?

October 30, 2017 | 5 Comments
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How many times when you are travelling, do you come across a scene like this, a scene that you would love to sketch, but it seems too hard and you are not sure how to go about it. To make matters worse, you are travelling with other people who are not sketchers and they only...

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Dallas First day: Visiting JFK sites

October 28, 2017 | Leave your thoughts
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Travel Sketching

A great first day in Dallas exploring the downtown and a few sites associated with JFK. Flight from Austin to Dallas. If I had a car (and was happy to drive on the other side of the road!) if would have made more sense to drive… but the short flight was fun. SO nice- Judy...

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Cuppa Tea Time: My new SketchingNow watercolour cup

October 27, 2017 | 4 Comments
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Teacup Sketching

Oh! I’m so out of practice sketching teacups – it’s been over 2 months since I did one. I’m not sure why I’ve stopped doing them regularly. This is a new cup that I’ve had for weeks. I bought to celebrate the preparation of my new online course – SketchingNow watercolour – and it’s a...

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Austin Part 2: Sketching around the Seanwes community

October 27, 2017 | Leave your thoughts
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I took notes and sketched my way through the seanwes conference (see this article) but I also sketched other times during the days – mainly during meals.   Wednesday         A coffee sketch while hanging out with a group of the seanwes community as warmup And then I started sketching my friends! See this article...

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What's your favourite paint colour?

October 26, 2017 | 40 Comments
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Last Thursday I decided to ask you a question “Why do you sketch?” and was blown away by the responses. If you missed it, I suggest you read through all the amazing comments here. This week my question is much easier… perhaps! It’s something I have been thinking about a lot lately as I prepare...

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Austin Part 1: With USK group and on my own

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This article includes time with Urban Sketchers Austin, sketching on my own and meeting some of the seanwes community. The reason for this visit to Austin was to attend the Seanwes Conference. It was so special to meet up with the USK Austin gang a few hours after arriving in Texas. Such a lovely group!...

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