This week a question came up inside my Foundations course about how to handle water when sketching on location. And I realised that I’ve never actually dedicated a blog article to this topic. So that’s what I’m going to do today! For many years I have used the same system – two small water containers...
CONTINUE READINGI’m particularly interested in exploring ways of creating layered colour and texture in my work. And so last Friday as I was sipping my coffee, I started with a Cobalt Blue wash. It’s getting cooler in the morning here in Sydney so this cool undertone just felt right. Cobalt Blue (PB28) is such a lovely...
CONTINUE READINGThe other day I did three quick sketches in minutes just before rushing to appointments, using a Castell 9000 2B graphite pencil. I think I have a new ‘fast tool’! A fast tool is one that I know I can use for super quick sketches and typically they can produce a variety of line...
CONTINUE READINGOn Monday I had the great pleasure of teaching a sketching workshop at Cockatoo Island for the wonderful team at Campbell Architecture. This workshop was originally planned for December last year but rain meant that it was postponed. I was super thankful that we had perfect weather on the day. Here is the gang with...
CONTINUE READINGI know that it will take a little time for me to feel settled after my big move and to find my flow again with my sketching. But one thing is certain… I’m very thankful for my morning routine of going out for a walk, picking up a takeaway coffee and doing a quick sketch....
CONTINUE READINGFor the next three months, I’m doing a Foundations Friday series of posts on Instagram – sharing concepts from my Foundations course. On Friday it was all about Foundations Lesson 1: Knowing (and loving) your materials and I did an updated sketch of what I’m currently carrying around with me. So here is the notated...
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