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Planning and Dreaming (reviewing my 2010 trip sketchbooks)

January 23, 2016 | 10 Comments
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Travel Sketching

Just a quick weekend post…. Saturday Morning: Nothing like a visit to my favorite cafe The Missing Piece at Macquarie Centre to start my weekend – especially as I am doing some serious planning this morning while I sip my latte. Got lots of exciting projects to map out this year. Love the background buzz...

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Foundations Friday 3: Abstracting Shapes

January 22, 2016 | Leave your thoughts
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  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...

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Fountain Pen Sketching: One month later and a big interview coming up

January 21, 2016 | 7 Comments
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Fountain Pens

  If 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...

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Cuppa Tea Time: Japanese Evening Mist

January 20, 2016 | 2 Comments
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Teacup Sketching

A 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...

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Can I still do neat? Part 1

January 19, 2016 | Leave your thoughts
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Architecture Sketching

  I 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...

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Last week: Taking a line for a walk

January 18, 2016 | Leave your thoughts
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Everyday Sketching

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,...

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