Last Saturday I was very happy to attend the monthly meet of Urban Sketchers Sydney at Circular Quay and hang out with some friends and meet a few new sketchers. Most of my time was spent in conversation so as a result I only ended up with two super quick (15 minutes max) sketches. The...
CONTINUE READINGLast week was not a particularly great week in terms of sketching… in fact I felt a bit uninspired and have decided that it’s time to change my daily routines! I’m missing the regular visits to Lane Cove National Park and when it’s raining there are so few options in my local area. But regardless...
CONTINUE READINGIn recent years I’ve used tape to mask off the edges of my sketches and other watercolour blocks such as colour charts. I’m yet to find a solution that is economical and 100% reliable – however for now I’m happy with using washi tape… and/or 3M(Scotch) Delicate surface painters tape (which is a type of...
CONTINUE READINGLast night we finished up a truly amazing Live Version of my Foundations course. For the last 3 months I’ve been hosting weekly live teaching sessions to accompany the Foundations lessons where I recapped on the concepts from the current lesson, reviewed work from the classroom and did additional demos. For the ‘grand finale’ last...
CONTINUE READINGI want to get back to the habit of reviewing my previous week of sketches and discussing the main themes that arise from my work. In a recent article I realised that thinking about ‘when do I sketch?’ related directly to everything I did that week. BTW Thanks to everyone who left a comment on...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been meaning to do this page for ages… documenting my entire teapot collection and working out the capacity of each (shown in mL for each square) . And just for something different, I decided to use coloured pencils! These are Coloursoft by Derwent. The pots in the coloured squares are the ones that I’m...
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