Big day in town today! Morning: Visit to the Tea Cosy Tearoom in the Rocks (haven’t been there for ages) and then I did a review of the area for possible building subjects for my upcoming Sketching Architecture class in the Rocks in November. (Lots of options!) This weekend is a big Naval Review –...
CONTINUE READINGColour Diet: I have been thinking of testing out working with a triad for a while (of course seeing Shari in action in BCN was a big factor in my desire) but a direct challenge this week from one of my Urban Sketching friends has made me do it!! I want to make sure...
CONTINUE READINGAnother sketch in my Sub_urban sketching series. Another occasion when I started with the roof and didn’t apply any rules of perspective – just drew the shapes of the roof as I saw them. And then projected the walls down. Once again I managed to park my car outside the most rundown house in...
CONTINUE READINGToday I told my physio my left hand was a bit sore and she felt it in horror…. “Just a little bit too tight! ” (this is an understatement!) I hold my pen very loosely and draw loose lines…but sadly my muscles are tight! This might explain why I am so sensitive to the...
CONTINUE READINGBack to scanning from my July trip… After 2 weeks in BCN I went to Cardiff, Wales UK for another conference. This time a church conference running for 5 days… being surrounded by very very special friends. (2 years ago I did a similar thing) It was a really special week – focusing on...
CONTINUE READINGI am always tweaking my palette a little – testing out a new variation. Yesterday I had a colour session with my friend Chris – testing my palette against her W&N ones and looking at some of our standard mixes and trying to work out what is causing certain murky effects. I wasn’t trying to...
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