The 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...
CONTINUE READINGJust in case you were worried that I went to T2 this morning without drawing my cup and pot… Here is the sketch. I also sketched the gold floral design on the cup …and tonight I have added some colour and a bit of collage – this will be my ‘text page’ for tomorrow....
CONTINUE READINGTrying out ‘typical Liz sketches’ in a moleskine sketchbook – these were surprisingly fun to do – watercolour does have the weirdest relationship with the paper. It seems that it just sits on top the first brush stroke – but the second soaks in… I think that is what is happening but I will have...
CONTINUE READINGOver the Xmas break I joined a very cool online class called Remains of the Day by Mary Ann Moss. It is something completely different – making journals out of scrap paper and sewing them together – and I signed up because I have been wanting to include more collage in my sketchbooks. The class...
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Online Sketching Courses with Liz Steel
