If you haven’t noticed… I have done very little daily sketching in my own sketchbook lately….so many things going on that I just don’t have the time at the moment. I am averaging one sketch (or sketching session) a week! Unbelievable I know! As for my normal ‘trip prep’ – that is just not going...
CONTINUE READINGVery sad news!!! T2 teahouse in my local shopping mall is closing down REALLY soon. I love this place, the tea, and cups, and chairs, and scones, and atmosphere etc etc…but mostly I love the staff. Over the years they have made my visits even more special. I hope to be able to visit a...
CONTINUE READINGOn Tuesday night I gave a talk and a (quick) demo at the monthly meeting of Ku ring gai Art Society. It was a little introduction to a workshop that I will be running in November “Capturing the moment- the art of travel sketching” I had a ‘little’ slideshow (of about 40 minutes) followed by...
CONTINUE READINGToday we did Buildings! At first I was going to call the class ‘perspective’ and then ‘architecture’ but in the end downgraded the title to the more friendly ‘buildings’. My big idea today was “Perspective is not the most important point”…it is only a tool to help you see better. The more important skill...
CONTINUE READINGA great day today with USK SYD at the main quad Sydney uni. I had fun trying out some of my new (new new or old and forgotten) Daniel smith paints and just experimenting. I have had a big week and this was the FIRST sketching (for myself) that I have done all week- that...
CONTINUE READINGThis is obviously Colour week for me! Just to follow up from what we were looking at this week in my class… here is a comparison (down very spontaneously and unplanned) comparing wimpy with juicy! and also illustrating ‘hit it hard and leave it’ (although I did smudge two wet bits!) and also showing that...
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