I 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...
CONTINUE READINGWhen I started to sketch seriously and look at art books for ideas and tips, I was fascinated by the seemingly conflicting approaches. Drawing instructors told me that I had to start at one point and move slowly to the next and then the next and so on, building a drawing up one line...
CONTINUE READINGA surprise post today to let you all know that I got some new ink to play with yesterday… I knew this ink was coming but didn’t expect that it would arrive so soon! Chantal Vincent gave me a sample of De Atramentis Document White ink that has just arrived at Larrypost. I am...
CONTINUE READINGFollowing on from yesterday’s post about making mistakes, I want to revisit this sketch again from a few weeks ago and share a few thoughts about the compromises I accept when I am sketching with friends. It was a very complicated terrace house in Newtown painted in one of those ‘difficult-to-get-right-in-watercolour’ colours – a cream...
CONTINUE READINGI make mistakes all the time! If I didn’t make mistakes I would get bored and have little motivation to keep sketching and developing my own work. One of the most helpful aspects of sketching in a personal sketchbook for me, is that I have the freedom to document these mistakes without the pressure...
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