just totally chilling tonight and painting the view on my side table – certainly not a composed still life. Trying out a few new tricks … well experimenting with some things that I saw Shirley Trevena do on her DVD… really should try these tricks out on a larger sheet of watercolour paper…hmm, maybe tomorrow...
CONTINUE READINGGet used to seeing this church…. it is on one of my daily walking routes and what to try a few experiments on it. I like sketching churches from an architectural point of view – they also have a number of different simple forms and often there is space around them. I did this sketch...
CONTINUE READINGToday I was back at Manly again to be part of the Saturday group of Erin’s Out and About Sketching class…. got there a little early so did a quick sketch with my new beloved line marking tool – Inktense ‘indian ink’ Same deal as Thursday – we sketched the mannequin and then each...
CONTINUE READINGYesterday I went to meet the Thursday morning class of Erin Hill’s Out and About Classes in Manly. But first I set up myself to use class materials…well almost. I found my old cotman set (what I started with… the set I mentioned in my chat with Danny Gregory!) and then tried to find as...
CONTINUE READING6 years ago thanks to the inspiration of my friend Eza and Danny Gregory from New York, I started my first watercolour sketchbook. I am blown away by the adventures that it has led to and now I am featured in Danny’s new book An Illustrated Journey. It is an unbelievable honour to be included...
CONTINUE READINGHere are the beginning pages of my A5 Stillman & Brin Alpha book (actually it is the one we got at Santo Domingo in our Symposium sample bag) I think the images speak for themselves (except for a special hello to the owner of the Gordon Pizza Bar who I promised to post my...
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