Further to a few comments – here is an analysis of what I did this morning. I don’t have time to write a detailed description but hopefully these notes make sense – please ask questions… (I suppose some people want more details about the eyeline???) in summary – always establish the main proportions of...
CONTINUE READINGI am stealing my own thunder a little but I just can’t find time to complete my post about the Jefferson Library. However I have decided to use my morning walk and sketch to explore a few ideas. In summary (also refer to notes above) Context sketch – START sketching the foreground first so not...
CONTINUE READINGGetting things in the mail all the time… more sewing patterns(really will have to start sewing now!!!)… and here is today’s morning sketch. I must say that in many ways I prefer pages with a collection of things… really captures a day in my life (or part of it anyway…remember that you only see the...
CONTINUE READINGI am really getting into groove with my morning walk and sketch before work and have realised that this church, St Leonard’s is a great subject to come back to. Since its form is very complex. Another favourite is the big brutalist concrete building. So I am going to plan a few specific sketching...
CONTINUE READINGSitting on the gutter sketching before work…. Here is a more adventurous sketch. This is all a little too much and too bright for me…although everything looks wonderfully crisp this morning. The sky is probably a big factor in the whole sketch…Eduardo suggested I could do the sky in watercolour… ah! mix the two, doesn’t...
CONTINUE READINGHere are two comparisons with sketches I did this week with markers and ones I did in the same time frame 1-2 weeks ago. Please note that both are done on 96gsm paper not designed for watercolour… so the watercolour is at a little disadvantage. I am not really interested in choosing which are better...
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