March, 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...
CONTINUE READINGI received a mystery package yesterday which was a complete surprise. A boxed set of the Urban Sketching 100 Postcards PLUS 3 packs of 100 postcards of the three sketches of mine that was included in the set. Wow! What a treat! These days, there are a lot of sketching books on the market...
CONTINUE READINGI have been asked by some local sketchers to run a Sketching Architecture workshop (which I naturally agreed to do!) and today went into the CBD (downtown) to confirm the location and case the joint a little. I know the Macquarie St / Hyde Park Precinct very well but it was good to revisit it...
CONTINUE READINGAnd the winner is…. (drumroll please)…. Version B! Before I start my wrap-up of the results here are a few general comments: – First: a huge thank you to everyone that commented. I had nearly 150 responses over the various social media platforms. In the days ‘likes’ rather than ‘comments’ it was great to...
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