Last 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....
CONTINUE READINGAfter deciding to abandon the 30×30 Direct Watercolour Challenge mid-month, this week I felt like doing another push. And so at the end of June, I’m happy to let you all know that I’ve completed 20 Baroque buildings and 10 teacups! To achieve this I had to do 7 teacups in 4 days (during my...
CONTINUE READINGI just posted a video on YouTube flipping through some recently completed sketchbooks and discussing my preferences for spiral vs bound, horizontal vs vertical. Click on the image above to watch or here. Sketchbooks shown in this video are Volume 156: 7×10″ Stillman and Birn Spiral Alpha – see all articles from Volume 156 Volume...
CONTINUE READINGAfter a month or so of no visits to Lane Cove National Park (due to rain and travel), I’m trying to get back into the routine of a few visits a week. And I’m finding that every bush sketch I do is very different in terms of hue. (Note: ‘Bush’ is the Australian term for...
CONTINUE READINGI frequently get asked why I like Potter’s Pink and how to use it – including during this week’s Watercolour course livestream. And as I’ve been testing two new brands of the colour lately I thought it was time to share more about this wonderful and often misunderstood pigment. The main description of ‘the why’...
CONTINUE READINGI know from experience that it’s really hard for me to stick to a month-long challenge and often I feel like giving up midway through the month. The 30×30 direct watercolour challenge is the one monthly challenge that I have managed to do every year but, in hindsight, I’ve realised that I generally hit the...
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