A quick update on my teapot collection project… I think that I have a new favourite teapot to sketch! This blue and white Chinese pot is SO much fun to draw! It doesn’t have its own infuser and isn’t the best pourer so it’s not my favourite pot to use. But I still love...
CONTINUE READINGIt was really special to attend an Urban Sketchers Sydney meet on Saturday at Cockatoo Island. Despite the large group (over 40 people?) and the crazy weather, I managed to do a lot of sketching! These are the sketches that I did between 8:30am to 12:30pm and all but the last spread had rain on...
CONTINUE READINGYesterday I had another fun sketching outing to the City and it was another occasion when I didn’t have a plan beforehand. Now that school has started again for the year it was much harder to find a park near Greenwich Wharf and I could only find a 3-hour spot. So this meant yet another...
CONTINUE READINGWe’ve just wrapped up a fun week Constructing Volumes as part of the Group Run-through from Foundations. Whilst the ability to see volumes (objects in 3D form as they sit in space) is not as essential as seeing edges and shapes, it’s still a very important skill to develop, especially for spontaneous urban sketching. Constructing...
CONTINUE READINGAs I mentioned last week, I’ve finished my big Alpha – an 11×14 spiral-bound book. (Sadly this size is discontinued.) It was the biggest sketchbook I have used to date and I absolutely loved using it. It has confirmed an idea I’ve had lately, that I’m happier when I work larger as it gives me...
CONTINUE READINGMy 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...
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