As I indicated to those of you who receive my monthly newsletter, I am doing a new personal project this month. It is not really much different from what I have been doing over the last few weeks, but it has a slightly different emphasis. Sometimes I wish I could just do the same things...
CONTINUE READINGWe had a perfect December meeting of the group today at Martin Place – a goregous day and a wonderful group of over 30 sketchers. As usual for one of these meetings I didn’t really get a chance to sketch much, but ended up with 4 very loose experimental sketches of the old Sydney...
CONTINUE READINGJust a quick post today to give you an update on my morning cafe visits. Last week I checked out a number of cafes but decided I liked the outlook and atmosphere of one in particular and have started frequenting that every morning. For my first 7 visits no one noticed that I was...
CONTINUE READINGPart 2 of my series on Fountain Pen Sketching – for the Introduction click here. Note: In this post I am primarily discussing fountain pen usage as it relates to ink and wash sketching with the goal to use a permanent line that will not be affected by the watercolour. You can do a...
CONTINUE READINGMost of my work comes under the category of ‘ink and wash’ and it is the relationship between the ink lines and the watercolour washes that I find the most exciting part of this way of working. However, most of the information posts on my blog to date have been about the ‘wash’ side of...
CONTINUE READINGIn December 2015 I am doing a series of blog posts all about using fountain pens for sketching – the most important aspects to consider and some personal preferences after years of using them. Rather than doing in-depth studies and reviews, I want to create an overview with links to other information. So I plan...
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