This January I’m making more of an effort to go on regular sketching outings so on Thursday I had a short visit to Cockatoo Island. It’s one of my favourite places to sketch in Sydney – so many sketchable subjects in a short area and also lots of great memories from outings over the years....
CONTINUE READINGI’m really enjoying the challenge of using only 6 colours in my Foundations palette. I’ve become so used to my usual full palette, that it’s been really useful to spend a little more time getting to know some of my paints. As I’ve said before a lot of the choices in my full palette...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s a busy week with the first Foundations livestream this morning (so much fun!)… so just a quick post today with yesterday’s AM coffee sketch. I’ve sketched this building so many times, but it was fun to use watercolour pencil for a change! A photo of the first layer of watercolour pencil before adding...
CONTINUE READINGBefore the new year gets away from me I want to document my goals/habits for 2022. Those of you who receive my monthly newsletter already know what these are, but I want to give a little more detail in this article. I also had more ideas after my usual yearly review. 🙂 More thoughts from...
CONTINUE READINGThis week in my SketchingNow Foundations course (we started on Wednesday) we’re looking at ways to get to know (and love) the tools in our kit. It’s really easy to get addicted to buying new art materials in the hope that somehow a new tool or colour will magically improve our work. (Have you ever...
CONTINUE READINGA little over a year ago I broke my ‘Foundations’ cup – Pretty Punch: Orange by T2. I was a bit devastated as not only did I love the cup, but it was highly significant as I bought it to celebrate the start of the Foundations course in 2014. Recently whilst browsing the T2 website...
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