Just a quick note today to let you know that I will be heading back to the States soon (very soon) and hope to meet some local sketchers in San Fran (Nob Hill) on Saturday 23 September. And amazingly Jane Bundell will be in town at the same time, so she will be there too...
CONTINUE READINGAfter last’s week article about starting a new sketchbook and how I hoped that it would get me out of a non-sketching rut, I thought I would share a video flip-through of the last three weeks’ worth of sketches. It’s fun to compare my output for the three weeks. It’s fun to compare my output...
CONTINUE READINGI’m so super excited to announce that my SketchingNow Buildings course is now open again! I ran it for the first time last year and it was the most incredible experience. Not only was it great to have the chance to share my best tips for seeing and sketching buildings, but I was blown...
CONTINUE READINGEven when I am sketching loosely (that’s 99% time of the time) I always think of structure first. I did this post-sketch analysis of the Fine Arts Building in Chicago to explain what I saw at the time just when I started to sketch it. In the class I taught for Sketchbook Skool 2 weeks...
CONTINUE READINGI haven’t been sketching much over the last two weeks as I have been swamped with a lot of work (getting SketchingNow Buildings ready to re-open). My excuse is that I am feeling overwhelmed with my workload and I just don’t have the time! But as I can do a sketch in 5 minutes, is...
CONTINUE READINGEver wondered how I keep my handwriting so neat? It’s all about the grid! One of the rules I learnt as an architect was to never write without some guidelines, and that has stuck with me—I know that I don’t need it, but it makes it much easier. I use a custom grid sheet that...
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