This week we wrapped up the Live Version of my Watercolour course. It’s hard to find the right words to express how much I love going through a SketchingNow course with a group and hosting weekly livestreams. I always get so much out of revisiting the concepts explained in the lessons and seeing the successes...
CONTINUE READINGLast month I painted a heap of watercolour teacups to finish off the 30×30 Direct Watercolour challenge and back in April/May I had fun doing some CP teacups. So finally, in the last week or so I’ve gotten around to experimenting with coloured pencils (CPs) and watercolour! Choosing the right teacup for these experiments is...
CONTINUE READINGA really quick article today to let you know that I recently updated my Travel Sketching Trips page with all my travels from the last few years. I also added some of my local trips (to Tasmania and Melbourne) from a number of years ago that were not previously listed. It’s really fun to see...
CONTINUE READINGFor the last two months my main focus has been on watercolour – both the Live Version of my SketchingNow Watercolour course and the 30×30 Direct Watercolour Challenge in June. But, as regular readers will have realised, in my everyday sketching, I’ve been continuing to experiment with combining coloured pencils and watercolour. Note: I’m referring...
CONTINUE READINGLast time I did a Recent Sketches update I was discussing what I consider a quiet week (or more technically a Lean Week – I even have a tag for that!). This time I’m sharing work from what was a full week of sketching. And it was ‘full’ even though I didn’t have any dedicated...
CONTINUE READINGLast week during the livestream as part of my Watercolour course, I was asked about using Payne’s Gray to achieve darker versions of colours. So I thought I would do some mixing with Winsor and Newton Payne’s Gray, Daniel Smith Payne’s Gray and Daniel Smith Neutral Tint. This last colour is supposed to be a...
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