Not only do I need to draw people – but I want to be able to draw animals better – so I became a member of the Zoo (Taronga Zoo, Sydney,) and went for 1.5 hours this afternoon. Not really there long enough to get into the swing of sketching fast moving animals....
CONTINUE READINGA quick 15min sketch at the park closest to work. A lovely warm day …it was so nice to get a short does of sun! Finally an EDM challenge – I only have done one since November last year!!!! I think I will try to do some more this year… couldn’t bear to start...
CONTINUE READINGSo back in November, I ordered my first selection of Daniel Smith paints. This article is a collection of a series of pages from my sketchbooks exploring the new paints and comparing with WN and Sennelier. Been waiting for the Aus dollar to become stronger against US to buy some Daniel Smith...
CONTINUE READINGThe rest of Australia Day… shock horror we didn’t have a BBQ and I didn”t sketch any food. All that I had time for was a quick sketch of the latest Star Wars model. My dad is continually making simple abstracted models of Star Wars ships for my 5 year old nephew- this is the...
CONTINUE READINGA photo and discussion by flickr friend Ed here got me thinking and looking up a book on the classical orders to see what the difference if any exists at the base of hte different orders of columns…I then had to draw the result of my research…but not in an accurate way – after all...
CONTINUE READINGHad a fun hour sketching hot air balloons this morning at 6am (earliest I have ever been out sketching) at Parramatta Park. I think this is the earliest Australia Day activity on offer… back home by 8.30 so can still enjoy a family day with the kids and cricket in the background! Nice to sketch...
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