Liz Steel

20th World Wide Sketchcrawl

October 27, 2008 | Leave your thoughts

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Sketching Sydney

My second sketchcrawl. Met up with 2 fellow sketchers and wandered about Pyrmont, Darling Harbour and the City sketching on a most glorious Sydney spring day. Great time sketching and lots of sketch-chatting! I then continued sketching on my own after we split up… –

October Virtual Sketch date

October 23, 2008 | 10 Comments

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Everyday Sketching

Been meaning to participate in the Virtual Sketch date for a few months now http://virtualsketchdate.blogspot.com …but always seem to miss the deadline. Didn’t have much time this month so I did a 8 minute version – very loose and messy as usual.

Sketching at Nutcote

October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment

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Everyday Sketching Sketching Sydney

A Sketching day at the home of famous Australian author May Gibbs (Snugglepot and Cuddlepie is her famous children’s book with characters from the Australian bush) a beautiful day to be outdoors sketching. My first page spread I used a .005 pen and didn’t quite feel in the mood – certainly my circles were not...

A Gum Nut

October 17, 2008 | Leave your thoughts

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Everyday Sketching

Or turpentine tree nut to be precise… another close encounter but this is certainly not an everyday item for everyone!

Hagia Sophia

October 17, 2008 | Leave your thoughts

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Architecture Sketching Everyday Sketching

…. getting back to my big ambition of developing a system for doing quick analytical sketches of buildings.

A new sketchbook: Canson Watercolour book

October 17, 2008 | Leave your thoughts

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Everyday Sketching Sketchbooks

Catching up on my recent sketches… breaking away from my Moleskine watercolour books for a change and using a small Canson Watercolour book – it is beautiful! A few more random sketches… It is nice when the first couple of spreads are completed. Wet shoes and watercolour pencils. St Thomas Rest Park again!