Today is Australia Day – our national day. It’s a day for outdoor celebrations, events on the harbour, a day at the beach or a BBQ with family and friends. I rarely do anything big on Australia Day and often it’s a simple family day. But this year it was even more low-key –...
CONTINUE READINGFor my final installment of my New Zealand sketches I thought I would share lots of travel sketching strategies and tips while going through my sketchbook. So instead of traditional series of day by day articles (as I did on the 2014 trip to Brazil) I thought it would be fun to try a video...
CONTINUE READINGAfter sharing my NZ sketchbooks as a whole yesterday, I thought it would be fun to share a few of my favourites from the trip and explain why. Oamaru Warehouse – A state of flow If I were to pick one sketch that was my favourite from the trip it would have to be this...
CONTINUE READINGI will be sharing a few comments about a number of specific sketches from my New Zealand trip over the next few days, but today I just want to share the collection as a whole. I hope you enjoy this flip-through! If you can’t see the embedded video, click on above image or here. Sketchbooks:...
CONTINUE READINGAbstracting shapes is the art concept that has changed my work more than anything else over the last few years. The ability to abstract my subject into big shapes, to see negative shapes and to map the light and dark shapes has not only made my sketches stronger and my watercolour washes better but it...
CONTINUE READINGIt has been really wonderful to have a proper break over summer, but it is a bit of a shock that January is so far through. It feels a little strange to be starting my work year so late but yesterday I was back into it, writing 2 long articles (if you missed yesterday’s Reflections...
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