Liz Steel

World Wide Sketchcrawl 30 at Manly

January 22, 2011 | 4 Comments

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Sketching Sydney

Wonderful day today at Manly with 17 sketchers (and one bear!!!) I did too much sketching and talking for one day!!! My mega sketching effort today! 12 double page spreads and a LOT of talking as well. No wonder they are all loose and rushed sketches today! Group Photo and Lunch Afternoon Sketching

The Big Tidy Up

January 21, 2011 | 1 Comment

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Everyday Sketching

I should have spent a week over the Christmas break doing a big summer clean..but I went away instead. Changing the angle on my drawing board last week has had a huge knock on effect over two rooms… after 2 weeks of spending my evenings working hard at it I have achieved much but with...

Earl Greys of Crows Nest 9 - Montagu

January 21, 2011 | 1 Comment

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Teacup Sketching

Another one in the series… Can you believe it…TEA COSY!!!! Another good quality tea. Whilst black interiors look very sharp – they are not my favourite to paint… This is part of my review of the earl grey tea that is on offer in cafes in Crows Nest Sydney. The rest of the series is...

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Sketches

January 21, 2011 | Leave your thoughts

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Architecture Sketching Travel Sketching

I just decided that I needed to put together all the sketches I did from 4 wonderful visits to Borromini (Bear)’s favourite Borromini (the architect) building – mine too! San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (San Carlino) It really is an amazing building – I kept turning up close to the middle of the day...

Bits from this week.....

January 20, 2011 | Leave your thoughts

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Everyday Sketching

Out of character? A ‘raw’ liz sketch…just the outline. One of the reasons why I don’t feel like I have been sketching lately is that I am aiming for early nights and most of my week night sketches occur post 10.30pm… a thing of the past now!!!! I have to get out at lunch...

I hope my sister sees this

January 18, 2011 | 2 Comments

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Everyday Sketching

….a pencil sketch of one of her very special bears (she had a few growing up – not like me who didn’t get my own bear till 3.5 years ago!) This is Cola Partesian Bear – CPB for short. His name is a kind of a spoonerism on Polar Cartesian (my sister named him Cola...