Trip 2011: My London Sketches in Full
September 19, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
Open publication Here are my London sketches to flick through… 3.5 days and then the journey home.
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A new colour - W&N Potters Pink
September 16, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
Thanks to my great friend Robyn who is the person responsible for my obsession with Cobalt Deep Blue (and also a reliance Perylene Green) I have a new VERY interesting colour to try. Looks like it mixes amazing muted colours with granulation – colours that I normally am not able to achieve without very diluted...
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Do you need perfect perspective to draw architecture?
September 16, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
Yes, it would be nice if we could draw perfect perspective like some artists out there… not to name any names but two instructors at the 2nd international Urban Sketchers Symposium certainly know what they are on about – see here and here … yes, it is something that all artists ‘should’ understand. But I...
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Middle Head and Burnt Orange
September 16, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
A lovely afternoon – 3 quick sketches while the sun was out and then when the clouds came over it was time for a great afternoon tea at a beautiful cafe nearby “Burnt Orange”…of course I used my Quin Burnt Orange paint. Middle Head has the most wonderful ruined concrete structures from World...
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Trip 2011: Last day of my trip
September 15, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
The last day consisted in spending the morning with an old school and university friend…and then a crazy time sketching and trying to see as much as I could at the V&A museum…coloured all added in the airport waiting for my flight home….. And then the long journey home….
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Trip 2011: Another social day in London!
September 15, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
I woke up very early in the morning so had a good chance to sketch the view out of my attic room! A very spacious room for London standards but with a few limitations in regard to headroom and water pressure(ie. no water at all!) Another meeting with an Urban Sketcher first up! This time...
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