Next up in my Foundations course is Abstracting Shapes. This is a completely different way of visual thinking to what we looked at last week (refer Feeling Edges here). I am pretty obsessed with shapes at the moment – I said that when I filmed the course in Nov 2014 and it is still...
CONTINUE READINGIf you somehow missed it… During December I did a big series on using fountain pens for sketching, and I thought some of you might be interested in what has changed since then – if anything. (Who am I kidding – of course there has been changes!) Basically not a lot in terms of...
CONTINUE READINGA few random thoughts about this sketch: I know that I have said this before, but every time I start a teacup sketch I go on an adventure into the unknown. This one turned out very different from my intention – mainly due to using an opaque warm grey ink (mixed De Atramentis Document Brown...
CONTINUE READINGI had a few comments on a previous post where I shared some old my neat architectural drawings that have prompted some thoughts about neatness, accuracy and looseness. These themes are constantly going around in my head but there were a few ideas that emerged specifically related to my early architectural drawing. (Note: the...
CONTINUE READINGI have really enjoyed my continuous line week as part of my Foundations Friday series. Once again as I review the week a theme has emerged. Coffees, line drawings and a neutral palette for most of the week. And once again I am a little disappointed by the variety of subject matter – but hey,...
CONTINUE READINGToday I had another great day sketching with a few of the local Urban sketches gang and Asuka from Brisbane. It was a casual sketching day with a much smaller group than last week’s official event in Manly, but I still wanted to get there early and do a sketch for myself before I met...
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