Trying 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...
CONTINUE READINGI just can’t seem to remember that the new roundabout(a few months old!) means I can now go a better way on my daily route… Maybe by drawing it I will remember from now on. Sketching has SO many uses – doesn’t it? Finding it hard to find the time to draw – but...
CONTINUE READINGI went to the T2 shop today to buy a tea set for an engagement present – while they were wrapping the gift I popped over to the tearoom for a cuppa – as you would expect me to do. If I had more time I would have started sketching some people… Honest! One of...
CONTINUE READINGA new book for back to the work – continuing my palette title page tradition. This is going to be fun to come up with different ideas everytime I start a new book…going for a more minimal approach this time! This is the front row of my Daniel Smith tin which I used exclusively...
CONTINUE READINGFor all my online friends that are architects (or designers) ….I am curious as to how you design. I find myself in a constant state of flux between the computer and the drawing board (believe it or not I still have a drawing board in my work space but never use the parallel rules –...
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Online Sketching Courses with Liz Steel
