My current project – sketching my way through my teapot collection – is going to be a fairly casual affair. I don’t want to put any pressure on myself to do a ‘good’ portrait of each teapot – instead, I expect that I’ll generally do really quick sketches in the middle of my workday during...
CONTINUE READINGWe’ve just wrapped up a fun week of sketching with shapes as part of the Group Run-through of Foundations. This is a favourite subject of mine as starting my sketches with shapes is a big part of my work. This week in Lesson 3 we looked at three important ways of using shapes: combining similar...
CONTINUE READINGThis January, in order to feel as if I’m enjoying our summer, I’ve generally been going out on Thursdays for a sketch outing and then spending time with family on Fridays. Last year I tried to establish a habit of Friday sketching outings but it was hard to achieve. However, this year I’m realising that...
CONTINUE READINGI haven’t been happy with Sap Green in my palette for a long time. I like to have a ready-to-go green especially when I’m working quickly and Sap Green has been the best tube green that I’ve tried. See this article for more about why I’ve included it in my palette for many years. Last...
CONTINUE READINGYou all know that I have a huge teacup collection, but what about teapots??? Well, I have a few of them, but typically I use the same two over and over again. So I rarely sketch them. This week I thought I’d start drinking from the teapots that I don’t use regularly… and that means...
CONTINUE READINGWe’re just wrapping up the Feeling Edges lesson as part of the Group Run-through of my Foundations course… and as always I’ve gotten so much out of it. Over the last week or so I’ve been doing regular continuous line drawings and thinking more about the following ideas: The power of working on your eye-hand...
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