A week of sketching Baroque buildings has just started. And I need your help! This week as part of the Group Run-through of my Buildings course we are sketching complex buildings and inside the classroom I share my 7 step system for working structurally – the secret to not getting lost in the details. Here...
CONTINUE READINGIf you follow this blog regularly you will know that I’ve recently started using a Walkit sketching bag for my walking kit… and that I absolutely love it. Cecilia Simonyi, a sketcher from Budapest, Hungary, is the creator of these wonderful bags. She’s a good friend and over the last few years, we’ve had numerous...
CONTINUE READINGEven though I have been mainly focusing on Eucalyptus trees (gum trees) in recent months I always love walking past a Banksia tree. Last week I noticed that a Banksia Serrata (Old Man Banksia) tree at the Barrakee Picnic Area in Lane Cove National Park is now flowering with beautiful greyish/cream flowers. I also noticed...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been obsessed with roofs in recent weeks during the current Group Run-through of my Buildings course. I’ve realised more and more, how important they are to most sketches of architecture (if they are visible). During last week’s Buildings Livestream I was focusing on drawing the horizontal edges of various roof forms while I was...
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