Just a short article today to share two sketches this week done at Lane Cove National Park. I just feel so happy to be in the bush sketching! I know that you know I love visiting LCNP and that sketching out on location (especially on sunny days) makes me happy… but some days I just...
CONTINUE READINGAs it’s a little hard for me at the moment to get more stock of my favourite softcover 8×10 Alpha sketchbook (Stillman & Birn) I decided to change size/format again. (If you missed it, earlier in the year I was using spiral-bound Alpha books: Vol155, Vol156 & Vol157.) I found an old 8.5×11 hardcover book...
CONTINUE READING…that I’ve never added to my everyday palette. And that colour is Daniel Smith Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet (QBS). After going through the Pigment Characteristics lesson last week (part of Watercolour) and reviewing my Master Palette (an exercise in this week’s lesson) I started thinking about Transparent Red Oxide (TRO). I love this colour and can’t...
CONTINUE READINGLast week, in our weekly Watercolour livestream I was discussing looseness and I decided to revisit a sketch that I did over 10 years ago. Back in 2011, I wanted to see if I could do an architectural sketch in the style of Matthew Rice. Although I failed miserably (attempting it on a Friday night...
CONTINUE READINGWe’ve just wrapped up a special week as part of the Live Version of my Watercolour course. In 2020 I added a special bonus lesson to the course called Pigment Characteristics where I explain how the different properties of individual pigments that make up each watercolour paint colour have a huge impact on the...
CONTINUE READINGLast time I did a ‘Recent Sketches’ update I discussed how I got a new dose of inspiration sketching back home after my Hunter trip. This was due to my experimentation with coloured pencils and watercolour and so even though I was sketching the same scenes over and over they felt new and fresh....
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