As mentioned recently when I shared my updated 12 colour palette, the only one colour that I’m specifically recommending for my Teacups Course (coming next month) is Quinacridone Gold which I use mainly for gold edging. I still use the original Daniel Smith formulation (PO49) and the last time I compared it with the new...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s been a month since I last published an article of local sketches… so today I’ll just share a few of them. I’m continuing to get a morning coffee and sketch locally but due to the approach of winter, there are less options if I want to sit in the sun. But I’ve finally started...
CONTINUE READINGContinuing my series on why teacups are special… Fine china teacups are associated with special occasions and when friends/family visit and therefore don’t typically get used much. This association (using teacups = special occasions) means that if you drink tea out of teacups on a regular basis every day becomes special. They create a...
CONTINUE READINGAs part of the preparation for my Teacups course I have been playing with some new fine brushes. I’ve used fine round brushes, pointed filbert and domes filberts and spotters. Right at the moment, I’m loving the spotters but I’m certainly not locking them in as a preference yet. So I thought I’d open up...
CONTINUE READINGHere are a few other sketches I’ve done recently on my Wednesday evening sketching sessions or other outings. All of these contain some combination of: coloured pencils (both wax/oil based coloured pencils and a few watercolour pencils) Neocolor crayons I and II (mainly the watersoluble ones) markers (mainly GoldFaber Aqua Dual Markers with a few...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s a little strange that in the 7 or 8 sketching trips to the City in the past few months I haven’t done a serious sketch of a JimmyB (James Barnet) building! I think this is because I’ve generally been there at the end of the day in ‘peak hour’ (rush hour) which is a...
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