A very quick sketch tonight and an example of how watercolour can sometimes get so out of hand and do its own thing! While most of you are enjoying warmer weather, here in Sydney we are about to go into winter and on the weekend the seasons seemed to have changed…. (To prove the point...
CONTINUE READINGA quick sketch to start my new journal – always good to break through the brand new book barrier. The nice thing about the Daler Rowney sketchbook that I use is that the very first spread contains the same paper so I start sketching from the inside cover. This is the state of my palette...
CONTINUE READINGAnzac Day is Australia’s national war memorial day… One day I would like to get up for the dawn service..but it ain’t going happen if I stay up late sketching! So when I saw in our local paper what was planned at a park in my suburb(in Sydney), I decided on a little adventure after...
CONTINUE READINGJust back from my 2.5 days holiday which was wonderful! It was a non stop sketchcrawl. So be prepared for a lot of sketches to scroll through! THURSDAY AFTERNOON Here is the first one… I don’t think I need to say anything about this! Begone Beautys. Thought I better visit the most famous spot before...
CONTINUE READINGThis morning I went to a wedding service. I sketched in the church while waiting and then did the ‘outfits’ sketches when I got home from a photo (drew these more as a record of the outfits than as a portrait) In the afternoon I went shopping – which means I get a chance to...
CONTINUE READINGA fun page… I am determined to do something about this drawing people fear of mine! Part of my problem is that I have been drawing pea-headed blobs as people for YEARS at work in my architectural sketches. Also, having a separate sketchbook for people has not really worked as it is admitting defeat…that they...
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