I certainly enjoyed doing this teacup sketch on Saturday morning before I drove off for a 2 week sketching trip. It was nice to be working wet-on-wet again! But I intend to continue to use coloured pencils (or watercolour pencils)! I’m in Newcastle this week and I’ll share the first few days worth of sketching...
CONTINUE READINGWell, I did it – I completed an entire sketchbook without any paint! 🙂 Watercolour is still my favourite medium (by far!) but it’s been really great to have a significant break from it. I’ve absolutely loved using coloured pencils (CPs) during the past month and plan to continue to use them in my everyday...
CONTINUE READINGI thought it would be good to do a separate article recording my teacup sketching experiments with coloured pencils. I’ve mentioned previously that there is no way I can translate the techniques I use for watercolour to pencils (CPs) when it comes to teacups. I love working wet-on-wet with loose suggestive strokes when painting, but...
CONTINUE READINGA few weeks ago I did a little research (certainly not extensive) and as a result, I decided to buy two reasonably-priced sharpeners: Kutsuwa STAD T’GAAL Sharpener Dahle 133 Rotary Sharpener The Dahle is working great and gives me a really nice sharp point! These pencils were sharpened with the Dahle and not quite...
CONTINUE READINGIn addition to spending time with family last week, I also went on two short solo sketching outings. The first was to Milson’s Point late afternoon on Tuesday. I’ve come to this spot many times and normally I sketch the Sydney Opera House and/or the Sydney Harbour Bridge. But this time I avoided both of...
CONTINUE READINGThe process of catching up begins 🙂 This article contains all of my sketchbook pages from the past two weeks (with the exception of sketches from two outings that I will share on Friday). There is no watercolour paint on these pages – simply ink and coloured pencils! As mentioned in Monday’s article I’m not...
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