While 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...
CONTINUE READINGNext in my Foundations Friday series where I revisit the lessons from my SketchingNow Foundations online sketching course is Lesson 5: Measured Setup. This has been one of the more ‘painful’ lessons for many people since it can seem a little tedious to have to measure everything (takes away the fun?), and yet if accuracy...
CONTINUE READINGI can only go for so long without feeling the need for a teacup sketch, and this is especially the case when I am flat out. The last week has been so insane that I needed a little quiet time last night just to move the paint around on the page while I was drinking...
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