My week in SketchbookSkool “Seeing” begins again today … so to get me in the mood (as if I need to be in the mood to draw teacups) here are two non-standard versions of my ‘pink Melbourne cup’. One with watercolour pencil (WCP), expressing my ‘constructing volumes’ approach. And a cross-hatching version!
CONTINUE READINGAs promised, I will confirm that the mystery colour from the last few posts was Daniel Smith Cascade Green. I have had the tube since Saturday, but only today put it into my palette – just for a bit of fun. Before I get into the chat about Cascade Green, I just want to record...
CONTINUE READINGEarlier in the month I gave a talk and demo to the Castle Hill Art Society on Travel sketching. Needless to say, I had a ball! I love sharing ideas about how I manage to fill sketchbook after sketchbook when I am travelling and to show people that there are so many options and...
CONTINUE READINGSo say a lot of people, but it is not something that I particularly worry about. I know I don’t do a lot of green sketches but never think ‘greens are hard’ when I do – perhaps mixing greens from your yellows and blues help a lot as I know there will be harmony...
CONTINUE READINGOn Friday a very exciting parcel arrived from Super5 Germany! Six bottles of ink, one fountain pen and a box of very cool sketchbooks. Like everyone else at the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Brazil last August, I received a Super5 fountain pen which was filled with ink. The pen, which contains a fine calligraphy nib...
CONTINUE READINGFollowing on from Tas Trip Part 1 here are the sketches I did during the second half of my week in Tasmania. I had completed the work component of the trip (preparing for a travel Sketching workshop in Launceston) and this was sketching just for me. I could have had a few easy days, but...
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