I did these four sketches of Castle Howard in the last few days, each using a different approach. I am interested in hearing from you, which you prefer and why! I am still too close to the process of doing these to make a judgement on the finished product but I certainly know which sketch...
CONTINUE READINGAs you all know a few weeks I ago I was in Tasmania preparing for a very exciting workshop which I am very pleased to announce right now… Travel Sketching Launceston – Wednesday 07- Friday 09 October Developed in partnership with TwoFourTwo Boutique Apartments This workshop is my first travel sketching workshop designed as a...
CONTINUE READINGThe fact that the saying “my cup of tea” refers to Something or someone that one finds pleasing says it all for me! Drawing and drinking cups of tea is certainly my cup of tea. And for that matter, so is sitting down with a friend over a cuppa having a really good catch up....
CONTINUE READINGThis is the first part of a series of posts reviewing my SketchingNow Foundations Online Course: The other articles in the series are here Part 2: Beginning the Sketch and Balancing Line and Colour Part 3: Heading out on Location A few weeks ago my first SketchingNow course – Foundations – finished and all I...
CONTINUE READINGMy week in SketchbookSkool “Seeing” begins again today … so to get me in the mood (as if I need to be in the mood to draw teacups) here are two non-standard versions of my ‘pink Melbourne cup’. One with watercolour pencil (WCP), expressing my ‘constructing volumes’ approach. And a cross-hatching version!
CONTINUE READINGAs promised, I will confirm that the mystery colour from the last few posts was Daniel Smith Cascade Green. I have had the tube since Saturday, but only today put it into my palette – just for a bit of fun. Before I get into the chat about Cascade Green, I just want to record...
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