Today 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...
CONTINUE READINGLast week was all about testing my Faber Castell Graphite Aquarelle pencils as part of my new series Foundations Friday. It was also my first week back at work full time and I really hit the ground running. I immediately fell into my usual pattern of working all day and a number of...
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