Just a quick Saturday post to share a cuppa sketch from morning tea with a local artist Diana this week. She pulled out her cups to show me and of course I had to sketch the Shelley. This is the second time in a row that I have been visiting friends and they offered me...
CONTINUE READINGAh! this is the Foundations lesson that I have been waiting for as it represents the heart of the way I like to sketch – spontaneously without pre-planning. However it is not haphazard! I have a number of strategies that I have developed over the years that allow me to work in way that...
CONTINUE READINGMy regular readers will know that I really love my morning cafe visits and that this simple event has made a huge difference in my work life on many levels. Not only have I started drinking and sketching much more coffee – a latte every morning – but I have used this time to...
CONTINUE READINGI was scheduled to do the next in my Exploring Edges series today and to look at hard and soft edges creating a sense of depth in a landscape scene. But… someone was a little ambitious to attempt two such series at the one time! So until Foundations Friday has finished I am putting...
CONTINUE READINGI have had this post in planning for a few months but today is the day for finally sharing with you three of my favourite art books. The really interesting thing about all three is that they do not directly relate to the way that I currently sketch. And they are not technique based...
CONTINUE READINGLast week I finished Daily Sketchbook No. 93 which I started on 10 March*. This is a longer than normal time period for me to be working from the one sketchbook (over 2 months rather than 5-6 weeks) but I must say that I like the slightly longer narrative of my life contained within it....
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