I just thought I would expand a little on something that I mentioned in my recent review of James Richard’s book… and that has to do with sketching fast…. warning this blog post is long! I know that I do sketch a lot and that I do sketch fast, at times very fast… but it...
CONTINUE READINGToday I had a coffee with Erin Hill – I will be using her studio as a base for my upcoming sketching class. And just to let you know…. that I am offering casual classes if you are unable to do the full 8 week course. I am really enjoying using water-soluble pencil for...
CONTINUE READINGI have been meaning to write this post for the last few months … so now finally today…. I want to share with you my thoughts on a wonderful new book by James(Jim) Richards called Freehand Drawing & Discovery – Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers. I have known Jim online for...
CONTINUE READINGThis is the palette that I used in my online course SketchingNow Watercolour. It contains 12 full pans in a small folding metal tin made by Art Basics and available at my local art store Artscene. Notes 1. I shared an updated 12-colour palette in 2023 (useful for my Teacups course) that reflects the colours...
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CONTINUE READINGI am a firm believer in buying the best quality materials that you can afford… but I also don’t think that people should rush out buying expensive art materials if they will never end up using them. Therfore I don’t condemn using a Cotman kit as the starting point – as soon as you know...
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Online Sketching Courses with Liz Steel
