> Yesterday was week 4 of my 8-week sketching course… and finally we got to use our watercolour paints! Putting together an 8-week course is a lot of fun for me – I am trying to provide a broad overview of all the foundational techniques that I use in my sketching and trying each week...
CONTINUE READINGOk – here is my new palette – post colour mixing master class with total legend Jane Blundell http://www.janeblundellart.com/ (I can’t put into words how great our session yesterday was – thanks again Jane!) I am not sure how many people are that interested in this…but it is a great record for me to...
CONTINUE READINGI had the most amazing time with Jane Blundell today – trying out all different pigments and going through alternatives to tighten up my minimum palette. Amazing to find someone who knows the options that I have been tossing up – Quin Rose vs Red vs Magenta? Do I need a purple or do I...
CONTINUE READINGHere is one of my blobby colour playing pages… it is loosely mapped out like a colour wheel… I am not going to tell you what the initials stand for…see if some clever person will be able to figure it out. (i probably should have listed them as pigments) This contains a lot of my...
CONTINUE READINGBCN planning meeting!!! I am just SO excited that my two wonderful Sydney sketching friends Alissa and Chris are booked to go to the symposium as well this year. We had a catch-up at the T2 teahouse – Alissa was sketching in between the non-stop talk… but I was taking it easy and didn’t sketch...
CONTINUE READINGFriday night Baroque… hold on a minute, it is only Thursday night! Yes… I am a little confused and in need of a bit of splashing paint around, a bit of scraping and a bit of scribbling with ink and watercolour pencil. This is a delightful building in Rome that I sketched when I...
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