Yesterday afternoon I taught a sketching workshop for the team at Alexander and Co – an interior design firm in Bondi Junction. I had met one of the staff in a local cafe a number of months ago because she noticed I was using a fountain pen. And it turns out that it’s company policy...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve sketched the SOH (Sydney Opera House) many times and so it’s always a fun subject to experiment on. See here, here and here. The other day was grey and drab so I thought I’d do a crazy colourful version mixing marker (GoldFaber Aqua – my new fad) and watercolour. And the colour I chose...
CONTINUE READINGI needed to take a photo of my tools for a recent project so I thought it would be a good time to do an update here on the blog. A few weeks ago I actually sketched this kit (see here) and I’ve already made a few minor adjustments! My kit is constantly changing especially...
CONTINUE READINGYesterday morning it was raining again (we’ve had a very wet year) and I was thinking about my options for my usual morning walk, coffee and sketch. I could stay home but then I wouldn’t get my walk, a cafe coffee, or a sketch done. I could go into a cafe but at the moment...
CONTINUE READINGAs I shared last week, I’ve recently started to play with the GoldFaber Aqua Dual Markers by Faber Castell. These are water-soluble dye-based (non-permanent) markers that I used a few times during my marker month in August. In Preparation for Lesson 2 of Watercolour On Location, I initially was thinking about using them for value...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s so good to be going through Watercolour On Location again and to be doing the 6-day thumbnail challenge. 3 days of drawing thumbnails recording the main edges in a scene and 3 days of ‘painting’ thumbnails (just recording the shadow shapes). I’m mixing it up and alternating between the two types of thumbnails. On...
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