Did anyone notice that I was using brown ink on Thursday’s adventure to the northern beaches? Well, it was a rare occasion when my White Joy was out of ink. And imagine my shock yesterday when I went to refill it and realised that I was out of ink. Black De Atramentis Document Ink...
CONTINUE READINGNext in my Foundations Friday series where I am revisiting the lessons from my SketchingNow Foundations online sketching course is Lesson 6: Minimal Setup. Minimal setup is one of the biggest rules I sketch by. These days ‘minimal’ often means none at all! Although I have recently realised that starting with a paint shape is...
CONTINUE READINGWhile not a hard and fast rule, ‘hump day’ often involves a teacup sketch! Some cups are harder to sketch than others, and this green cup (purchased for my SketchingNow Edges Course) is one that is often a struggle. The light colours, subtle flutes are a challenge I enjoy, but the shape of the cup...
CONTINUE READINGAs you all know, I love thinking about my art. Not so much thinking about how ‘good’ each sketch is, but trying to dig deeper into concepts. On Saturday I did a sketch of the MCA at Circular Quay using my pointless perspective approach and starting with a few loose shapes of colour. I...
CONTINUE READINGI am not sure where last week went! I think this is often the way after a big deadline (when you achieve a lot in a short period of time). But as always when I look back I can see how much I did in fact achieve even on a ‘quieter catch-up’ week. One of...
CONTINUE READINGSocialising a lot in the last 2 days! Yesterday I meet up with Kelvin from Singapore (one of the official photographers at the symposium last year) and we had a lovely morning tea at the Tea Cosy talking about photography vs art and hobby vs job. The opening sketch is a true example of reflex...
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