One of my favourite books on colour and watercolour is The watercolour artist’s guide to exceptional color by Jan Hart. Sadly, it has been out of print for a few years so I haven’t mentioned it much on my blog. So you can imagine how excited I was to find out this week (thanks to...
CONTINUE READINGIn addition to the ink sketch of the garden I shared yesterday, I also did this watercolour version of the turpentine tree. It is a perfect backyard tree because it shades the lawn without taking any space! It also creates privacy from google camera as all you can see from an aerial view of google...
CONTINUE READINGHave you been able to keep up with inktober? I haven’t! I knew it would be a struggle but I wanted to try anyway. I missed a few days last week, but instead of feeling guilty, I am just going to pick up and start doing one ink sketch per day from now on. I...
CONTINUE READINGOur October long weekend was officially the first weekend of the month, but sadly I had to work two very long days on the Saturday and Monday. Working on public holidays has become a bit of a bad habit, but I want to change that! So, as the last content for SketchingNow Buildings is going...
CONTINUE READINGJust a quick post today to share with you how much I am loving my Stillman & Birn Alpha softcover sketchbook. I’m really enjoying the reduced weight and the ‘less precious’ feel of it. Please refer to my initial thoughts here and also two great reviews: one by Tina and one by Larry. I had...
CONTINUE READINGLast month I went to a Daniel Smith event here in Sydney and met John Cogley, the owner of Daniel Smith. He talked about pigments, the process of making paints, how to read a colour chart and many other things. It was a great presentation and afterwards a lot of tubes of paint were opened...
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