This week I had a short overnight trip to the Nelson Bay area for the funeral of a dear friend’s father. Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time with my friend’s family, so it was good that I was able to get away and attend the funeral. I share in the family’s loss...
CONTINUE READINGI now have course on quick Travel Sketching – and I’m super excited about it! In preparation for the course, I asked my SketchingNow community to share their top three travel sketching challenges. The most popular response was that it is hard to find time to sketch when travelling with others and that it’s...
CONTINUE READINGIt seems that most of you were surprised that I’m continuing to use the waterbrush (see my last article here) since I don’t really like painting with it. The main reason for this is that the results with a water brush will never equal those I can get with my dagger brush (in terms of...
CONTINUE READINGA few weeks ago, I challenged myself by changing my normal sketching kit to a waterbrush (a large Pentel Aquash) and a small palette (see this article for more details), and I decided that this is what I would take down to Melbourne as well! I wanted to see how long I would last using...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been in Melbourne for the past week and a half and I’m absolutely loving it! The purpose of the trip was to spend time with friends (non-sketching friends) and work on a new project – more about this soon! I’ve managed to do a lot of quick sketching and do a number of versions...
CONTINUE READINGAs I was flipping through the pages of some recently completed sketchbooks I came across three different sketches from cafe visits when I was catching up with a friend. And they got me thinking about the different strategies I use when I’m out and about with others. A lot of my family and friends are...
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