… is that I go through them too quickly! 🙂 I’m currently using the square Alpha softcover sketchbooks by Stillman and Birn and while I love the smaller size and how light it is to carry around (compared with the A4 hardcover!) I’m completing them in less than in 2 or 3 weeks! That’s too...
CONTINUE READINGAfter a few weeks of preferring to keep my watercolour pencils(WCPs) dry, I suddenly switched to combining them with watercolour. This change happened when I decided to lighten my load. Because I was thinking about using a smaller palette, it prompted me to start my sketches with a few watercolour washes. Also, it was a...
CONTINUE READINGThis week, I decided to lighten my load and remove my normal watercolour palette, brushes and water containers. Instead, I plan to use a small palette and a waterbrush. I’m not a fan of using waterbrushes but last year I spent a number of weeks really trying to get better results with them (see here)....
CONTINUE READING‘ Last week I received an exciting parcel from India: a big selection of handmade watercolours and a sketchbook from the lovely Trupti of Arkaar Creation. They were beautifully wrapped! The first two half pans I picked up were Potter’s Pink, so I decided that these would be the first two colours to explore. ...
CONTINUE READINGWater-soluble pencils, pens and markers are fantastic tools for sketching. They are very versatile as you can use them dry or wet and combine them with other media. They are perfect if you are a beginner, if you struggle to use watercolour on location or if you want to sketch more/sketch standing up. But there...
CONTINUE READINGFollowing Monday’s article about simple sketches, I want to share a little about my current sketchbook strategies. (Thanks to Ginie for the prompt!) I have a lot going on at the moment, so I have little time to dedicate to my sketching. But I’m still filling pages in my sketchbook at a constant rate! This...
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