Well, wasn’t quite up for a full day of my food diary today… but I did do dinner. Using a dark brown derwent artist coloured pencil today… hmmm, this has potential as an alternative to a graphite pencil! It is VERY important to me to be able to develop sketching techniques that allow me to...
CONTINUE READINGMost of you know that I love to draw my food (not just my cups of tea and scones/cakes!) but some of you might not know that 4 years ago I drew everything that I ate for an entire month. As part of a maintenance program after a serious weight loss diet, I was supposed...
CONTINUE READINGHere are close ups of some of those sketches of Palladio’s Tempietto Barbaro that I did last week. In recent weeks I have been experimenting with ways that I can sketch complicated buildings in a looser way (so that I am not stressing about perspective so much) Of course, being an architect, I do have...
CONTINUE READINGA little quick lunchtime sketching of my favourite Crows Nest Building – the old CBC bank. A few thoughts from today’s 30 minutes sketching session at lunchtime … 1.it is possible to have a quality sketching session (I just have to plan for it) 2. there are some great spots to sketch in Crows...
CONTINUE READINGHad two visits in two days to my favourite Tearoom. The first visit was quality time with myself (thinking and sketching time) and today with a friend. Here are sketchbook pages from the 2 visits. I have been doing a lot more sketching on loose paper lately… And I find it a challenge! Sketching...
CONTINUE READINGAn afternoon in the Veneto?… Well not quite…just doing various quick sketches using different techniques and media of Palladio’s tempietto barbaro (btw if I had another bear he would probably be called Palladio!) I have lots of things to try next time I get to go out on location sketching… Whenever that might be… Haven’t...
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