Two quick sketches from dinner last night. More visitors in town- lovely to catch up with old friends and make new ones. A quick sketch of an empty Bourke street while it rained and then at the end of an amazing meal at Phamish Vietnamese Cafe. I did think about trying to include the rain...
CONTINUE READINGI have been having a few sketching outings lately, but I am still sketching daily stuff as well. So here are a few ‘just for me’ pages. Pages with super-quick sketches and experiments, text pages with decorating sketches, and pages that are just recording random trivia with scribbling notes or object sketches. These are not...
CONTINUE READINGI know that I have a reputation for eating a lot of cake… but it is really scones that are my big weakness. I find cake too sweet and a few mouthfuls are all that I need. But I will admit that I LOVE sketching cake. Today was my brother’s birthday and his three-year-old daughter...
CONTINUE READINGMarch, which is supposed to be my ‘break month’, is turning out to be very busy. But it is a nice busy-ness. I have lots of outings scheduled – catching up with visiting and local art friends, who in many ways are work colleagues. When we get together it is not just social, we often...
CONTINUE READINGYesterday I had another outing… starting with lunch with Jane Blundell. While waiting for her, I managed to sneak in a quick coffee at Workshop Espresso and a quick sketch of the view. It is a hole-in-the-wall cafe with only a few seats so I was sharing the front table with a nice guy who...
CONTINUE READINGContinuing on with my series of reflections from my first online class SketchingNow Foundations, today I want to review the final part of the course…. when we headed out on the street, to sketch on location – to do some Urban Sketching. Part 1: Sharing the Framework Part 2: Beginning the Sketch. Setup and Balancing...
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