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Art Gallery of NSW: Dry media and Simon Sinek

March 28, 2017 | 3 Comments
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With all the excitement of the OneWeek100People challenge, I haven’t had a chance to post a number of sketches from earlier in the month. So today I am finally getting around to sharing these few sketches that I did at the start of March during our monthly Urban Sketchers Sydney sketchmeet. It was a wet...

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10x10 USK workshops: Building Portraits and People & Spaces

March 27, 2017 | 2 Comments
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On Saturday I taught the first of two workshops as part of the 10 x 10 USK programme here in Sydney – a series of 10 workshops to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Urban Sketchers (click here to find out more). The workshop was called “Building Portraits” and we were located at Railway Square...

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Foundations Friday 2017: Lesson 10 - Creating a focus using thumbnails

March 24, 2017 | 12 Comments
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After a few weeks off (for Oneweek100people and my sabbatical week) I am ready to wrap up the Foundations course and get ready for opening the doors to Edges again. Last time (Lesson 9) I drew a version of the house next door using a viewfinder and compared it with an earlier sketch drawn by...

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Sketching the same view in Surry Hills for the third time

March 23, 2017 | 13 Comments
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Do you like sketching the same scene repeatedly, or are you someone who needs variety and can’t find inspiration in something you have already sketched? If you don’t already know this, I am definitely in the first camp! A few weeks ago, my great friend from Melbourne, Angela Williams, was in town. Due to a...

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Review of my goals for #oneweek100people2017

March 22, 2017 | 6 Comments
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After the dust has settled a little, I am now ready to share a few reflections from the big One Week 100 people challenge and in particular how I went with my own goals. I had six aspects that I wanted to work on during the week. You can read more about them here. 1....

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Greens are hard but oh so important

March 21, 2017 | 19 Comments
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Sometimes I just feel the need to sketch something green! It is easy for me to get stuck in a rut of drawing lattes (or cups of tea), simple line drawings and the occasional building, but never get around to sketching anything natural! As I flip through the pages of my sketchbook this imbalance can...

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