Liz Steel

A new hobby and some special antiques

March 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

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Haven’t done an EDM challenge for a long time but couldn’t resist this one!!! Using my inktense… they are wonderful but will take a bit of time to get used to which colour to use – plus I love keeping my pencils in order and so it is rather tedious putting them away after...

Armchair Travelling - Spain, Scotland, Italy, Norway and France

March 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

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Architecture Sketching

Revisiting some places where I have been…. Spain… Venice… Scotland… Norway… Paris… Needless to say… I want to go back to all these places!!

Inktense colour chart

March 2, 2009 | Leave your thoughts

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Pencils

As promised… here is my inktense colour chart. This was a lot of fun to do!

A busy journal day - handbags and an unwanted steeple

February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment

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Everyday Sketching Sketching Bags

Friday night: A final cup for the thing-a-day challenge. Saturday: Not sure what triggers my weekend migraine-like headaches…but I don’t seem to be able to avoid them at the moment. When the headache started to lift I went to The Art Scene and made a mess of a building down the road. I then...

Evening sketching with inktense and fewer teacups

February 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

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Everyday Sketching Pencils

Here is a collection of recent evening sketches – a lot using inktense pencils. I’ll post my inktense colour chart on Monday Just for the record I said few teacups…not none!

A new sketchbook and lots of sketches

February 27, 2009 | Leave your thoughts

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Everyday Sketching Teacup Sketching

I’ve just started a Ebony book by Daler and Rowney, and I’m loving it! Here are some pages with my descriptions from Flickr Anyone missing my cups? This is the inside cover of my new journal (An A5 Daler Rowney book with 150gm2 cartridge paper) The front cup is “English Garden’ Elizabethan Staffordshire and the...