Borromini Bear (who has been in a state of semi-retirement for a few years) made an appearance this morning during my weekly Livestream for the current Foundations Group Run-through. For those of you who don’t know… Borromini Bear(BB) was my travelling companion back when I first started sketching. I often travelled alone and rarely took...
CONTINUE READINGAfter years of anticipation, the new Village Green is open in my local area of Lindfield. This is great as I now have a new space to sketch! It’s not the most interesting space (ie. I wasn’t buzzing with inspiration when I first saw it) but the most exciting aspect of it is that there...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been really enjoying using my 6 colour Foundations palette this year. This palette lives in my ‘local’ bag which means that I use it for my daily coffee and sketch outings. A few weeks ago I did a further colour chart which I want to share with you today. Previously I did the usual...
CONTINUE READINGI’m really excited to announce that Marc Taro Holmes and I are hosting another One Week 100 People challenge this year: 7-11 March 2022. The goal is to sketch as many people as you can in 5 days either from life or from photos and see if you can reach 100. You can do this...
CONTINUE READINGAs part of the current Group Run-through of Foundations we have just finished looking at setup – whether to start our sketches with some pencil guidelines or not and how to sight measure. There are a lot of people who are against using pencil guidelines and believe that you should only draw directly in ink....
CONTINUE READINGLast Wednesday’s visit to Lane Cove National Park was momentous as it marked my 100th time since August 1, 2021! I’m notoriously bad at using annual passes, so when I bought a National Park Yearly Pass (back in August) I created a schedule to keep track of my visits to Lane Cove Park and other...
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