As I mentioned in my “reflections” article… Instagram Stories are the best. They were only form of social media that I could consistently keep up with during the craziness of the Chicago Urban Sketchers Symposim. Small snippets of my days – a bit rough at times but always lots of fun and sometimes… just a...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s that time again, time to pause and reflect on my recent trip (to Chicago and Montreal). This is my third trip this year – you might like to read my reflections from my trip to Europe in May/June and New Zealand in January. Let’s get straight into it: 1. More beautiful in real life...
CONTINUE READINGI had hoped to share my big ‘Chicago/ Montreal Reflections’ article today, but there are just too many projects making demands on me at the moment, so it is not quite ready to go. Instead I will simply share a teacup sketch (something that has become a rarity this year). My mum and dad have...
CONTINUE READINGI love sketching complicated architecture quickly and loosely but drawing buildings with a lot of repetition is rather challenging to do with my style. The buildings of Chicago (especially the early/Art Deco skycrapers) fit this catergory but I’m pleased that after 2 weeks working at it, I now have a system for sketching them with...
CONTINUE READINGAs part of the preparation for offering my SketchingNow Buildings masterclass again, I have put together 3 video lessons to introduce some of the key concepts we explore in the course: How to use basic observational skills – angles and relationships – to draw buildings without perspective and achieve more accurate foreshortening so your sketches...
CONTINUE READINGI’m not sure how I will find the time to scan and write about all my adventures from my recent trip to Chicago and Montreal, so in the meantime here is a flip through of all my sketches so you get an overview of everything I did. The two weeks in Chicago included the 8th...
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