The importance of edges, shapes and volumes for sketching architecture

October 23, 2023 | Leave your thoughts
Architecture SketchingSketchingNow

The secret of sketching quickly and loosely is being able to assess your subject/scene in terms of edges, shapes and volumes. This involves deciding on the important edges, simplifying into big shapes and seeing the underlying volumes. For this 15-minute sketch of St Marys, I first thought about the volumes, then I started with the...

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It's been a while...

October 18, 2023 | 11 Comments
Teacup Sketching

…since I’ve done a watercolour teacup sketch! After such a teacup intensive few months during April – June I had a bit of a break. This is mainly due to a busy month with family and then 2 months of dry media. So here are two recent teacup sketches – Winsor by Royal Stuart (Vintage)...

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Playing with colour and texture

October 11, 2023 | 8 Comments
Everyday Sketching

I know that I haven’t been sharing my everyday sketching much lately… but it’s still going on in the background. I’m continuing to go out for a morning walk, coffee and sketch, and I’m still drawing my local Village Green over and over. I’m also continuing to use my Village Green work for experimentation and...

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