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Incorporating watercolour pencils into my work

July 4, 2009 | Leave your thoughts
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Mmm… if I am going to use WC pencils over the top of watercolour I have to make sure that I do NOT overwork it!!! There is a freshness about this sketch in the watercolour that I like…not 100% sure the WC pencils were a good idea – I could have easily worked it up...

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Watercolour pencil experiments with a chunky pencil and more

July 1, 2009 | Leave your thoughts
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Ok – these are just really quick sketches which I didn’t focus on greatly(I am exhausted tonight!)… to get the feel for sketching in pencil  – something I never do unless I am using my chunky architect 5.6mm lead clutch pencil(which I used to use quite a bit…mmm need to try it again) I found...

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Watercolour Pencils: Animals (Museum Sketching)

June 20, 2009 | Leave your thoughts
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My two sketching friends(wendy and Alissa) and I found a wonderful place to go and sketch on a very wet winter’s day. It was a perfect way to test out our new watercolour pencil techniques (thanks to Kate’s class) The Australian Museum in Sydney has a Search and Discover Section where we were able to...

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A big collection

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This blogpost is a summary of the highlights from a few months of sketching when I forgot to post here! Office Drama A bit of an exciting event from last week. Didn’t take a photo at the time so I did a sketch to record the event. The shelves that were on the wall for...

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Tokyo String Quartet in Action

June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
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Ok… I have been slack again but here is a post about Saturday night      On Saturday I went to a concert in the Sydney Recital Hall of the Tokyo String Quartet and intended to do a few sketches. This sketch I did before the performance started with the colour added during the programme. I...

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Watercolour Pencils: Flowers

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Flowers this week in Kate’s WC pencil class – so a quick Monday sketch. I find that I have to start the exercises early in the week or else I struggle to get through them all. No flowers in the garden much at the moment (we are in winter) and especially hard to find at...

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