Late night sketch as a ‘brain dump’. The pattern on this saucer is so complex that I have to really slow down to attempt it… I am getting so used to just painting (rather than drawing ink lines first) that I am finding the lines a real restraint to my use of paint… wanted to...
CONTINUE READINGDeciding to change my ‘steel grey’ mix and other bits and pieces…. (BTW I’m enjoying using Cobalt Blue!) Steel’s Grey original mix was WN Cobalt Blue Deep with DS Quin Burnt Orange Steel’s Grey Mark I is WN Cobalt Blue Deep with DS Transparent Brown Oxide. After using Sodalite for a bit I want my...
CONTINUE READINGTesting black pencils for my upcoming museum sketching workshops in Tasmania… I was getting a little bored at the WCP-ing! (I would not have minded it so much in paint but the repetition of stroke-making was starting to bore me.)
CONTINUE READINGPages from the last few days… in summary as much as I am loving using watercolour pencils(WCPs) my creative juices just seem to want water to play! Today: Here is my warmup for the day of the random pile of my WCPs. I can’t express in words how much fun I am having painting at...
CONTINUE READINGSaturday Evening Last week: I always prefer to sketch from life… but a warmup from a photo sometimes hits the spot. SO looking forward to getting out into the Tasmania Wilderness next month in between all my urban sketching, cafe sketching and teaching. This is from a photo of Mt Roland.
CONTINUE READINGIf you haven’t realised already I addicted to sketching at Cockatoo Island… and the strange thing is that lately every time I go I am seeing EVEN MORE things I want to sketch. The more I explore the more I see! I never got to do the cranecrawl that we proposed for USK SYD last...
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