On Saturday I started a 2-week summer break! (Remember here in Australia, Xmas occurs in the middle of our summer.) It’s going to be another staycation and this time I hope to explore new parts of Sydney (Note: back in September I was limited to my Local Government Area). I’ll be doing a little work...
CONTINUE READINGLast Saturday I wanted to go out sketching! I had the goal of sketching a modern building with some good volumes so that I could do the Mapping Light and Dark exercise (Lesson 4 of my Buildings course). I was thinking of heading to the inner-city suburb of Alexandria to explore a few award-winning...
CONTINUE READINGA month or so ago I received a beautiful Esterbrook pen as a gift from the lovely people at Goldspot Pens and in a word… I’ve been loving it! There are a number of really nice-looking options for this pen. While looking through the Estie options on the Goldspot website I was also interested in...
CONTINUE READINGLast week during a live demo (for my Buildings course) I watched as a dark brown mix turned blue as it dried! This is because I made it with Daniel Smith Transparent Red Oxide and Schmincke French Ultramarine. There is something about the Schmincke French Ultramarine pigment that means it completely dominates mixes, making them...
CONTINUE READINGA number of people asked about the mini palette pictured in the preview of today’s live demo…. Well, it’s a Micro Palette by Portable Painter and contains my Basic Palette of 6 colours. These are the colours I used throughout the Foundations course and the colours inside the Sketcher Set of half pans by...
CONTINUE READINGLast week I finished my second Greenwood Journal... and I’m still completely obsessed with this brand of sketchbook/notebook. (See why here) This book contains sketches from my walks since the beginning of October – mostly from Lane Cove National Park with a few Davidson Park sketches as well. All of the sketches have been done...
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