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What are the biggest challenges you face when sketching with watercolour?

December 18, 2023 | 19 Comments
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As I’m gearing up for a Live Version of my Watercolour course in the New Year I thought it would be fun to get an up-to-date list of common challenges that people face when sketching with watercolour. Here are a few things I regularly hear from participants in my SketchingNow courses “I’m afraid to ruin...

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Using a water brush: Update 2 (plus some food sketching)

December 15, 2023 | 1 Comment
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   Just a quick update on my water brush usage… I’ve decided to stop using a waterbrush for all my sketching and I’ve gone back to my beloved dagger brush! Ha! I just couldn’t keep using it exclusively, I just couldn’t!  🙂 Are you surprised? I still intend to use the Aquash brush (by Pentel)...

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My most used watercolour paints

December 13, 2023 | 15 Comments
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A few days ago I refilled my palette and this was a chance for me to record my most used paints. So that is what this article is all about! Here are my top five… 1. The clear winner (by a long way) is Schmincke (SCH) French Ultramarine and this is because I use it...

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Live Version of my Watercolour and some Free Intro Lessons

December 11, 2023 | 2 Comments
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I always start thinking about the new year in early December as I know that if I don’t, the busyness of the holiday season can overtake me. And so I’m already seriously gearing up for my next SketchingNow Group Event in January. I’m excited to be offering a Live Version of my Watercolour course starting...

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New tea, Neocolors and a Fude dip pen

December 8, 2023 | 4 Comments
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A few weeks ago I got some new organic herbal tea from a new (for me) tea shop in Western Australia and so of course I had to record the occasion in my sketchbook. The tea packets were not the most exciting objects to draw (all the same shape and colour – only varying in...

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Buildings Live Version 2023: It's a wrap

December 6, 2023 | 6 Comments
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We’re just finishing up the Live Version of my SketchingNow Buildings course and it’s been an amazing 10 weeks! Every time I revisit the Buildings course I find new ways of using the concepts, find new examples to explain them and create more demos! The last few times I’ve hosted a Buildings group event I’ve...

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