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Something different: ipad sketching!

April 20, 2016 | 12 Comments
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Everyday Sketching

In the background for the last few weeks I have been doing a little ipad sketching. Whoa! that is a little out of character, hey? This is the first sketch that I finished… the rest were experiments or abandoned sketches as I was just not happy with the results I was getting. My goal was...

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Last week: Happy

April 19, 2016 | 16 Comments
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Everyday SketchingTeacup Sketching

  Well, I am a happy girl today as my final installment for my sketching architecture book has been sent off. Writing a book in under 3 months has been insane! I still have a few more weeks of bits and pieces but the production of content is completed. So to celebrate this morning I...

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I did it - Now it's time to make changes!

April 18, 2016 | 2 Comments
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Watercolour

Well, I made it! Over three months without changing my palette. See this post or click on the palette on the side bar for more details. Now… I can make some changes. Yay! I think there are going to be four that I will make but only one is intended to be permanent – in...

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Sketching my sketching kit

April 16, 2016 | 11 Comments
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Kit in ActionSketching Tools

  A book of mine wouldn’t be complete without a sketch of my kit – would it?  So here is it at the moment and what goes where in terms of the two front pockets of my bag. It’s always good to do these sketches as I normally find a few things that have crept...

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From the archives: Ink and wash thoughts

April 15, 2016 | 4 Comments
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Art Tips & ThoughtsTravel Sketching

Another quick post… this time just to share a sketch in isolation. This quick sketch of The Fox Hunters Return in Campbell Town on the Heritage Highway in Tasmania was done during my visit in May 2014. As most of you know, these days I prefer mixing up the order in which I apply ink...

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Warming up to do work

April 14, 2016 | 7 Comments
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Architecture SketchingEveryday SketchingWork Life

Well, I wasn’t planning to post today, but lifting my self imposed daily commitment to blog by 5pm Sydney time has meant that now, after dinner, I have a moment to share this morning’s warmup sketch. Sometimes I do crazy rapid lines to get myself in the mood, other times it’s alternating between line and...

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