A typical sketching day for me involves a lot of sketching (and walking) plus a visit to my favourite tearoom. If I’m in Sydney it also often will contain a warmup sketch of a gothic cathedral (St Marys) and a quick version of the SOH (Sydney Opera House). As I work on location I leave...
CONTINUE READINGLast week’s collection of Palladian Villas (as I work through them chronologically) contained five favourites! So it was a lot of fun. Because I’ve sketched all of them before, I was freer to experiment. I tried new colours from my new testing palette and go myself into ‘lost and found edges’ mode – which tied...
CONTINUE READINGA number of people asked me this question (Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna) last week after I shared my new testing palette. It is something that I’ve addressed previously in the ‘Colours in my palette‘ series that I did in 2020. However, it is time for an update (and a separate article) as I’ve made...
CONTINUE READINGGuess what? I’ve done 36 teacup sketches in the past 36 days! Here they all are in one image. Am I getting bored? No! Not at all. I still want to work out a way to do some more experimental versions. Has it been a hard challenge to stick to? Not really! Like all...
CONTINUE READINGLast night I stayed up to midnight for a Zoom catchup with some of my USK friends. We sketched some of Jessie Chapman’s beautiful floral arrangements (naturally from photos) – thanks Jessie! As I had gotten up at 4:30am the same day for a 5am Zoom call, I was super tired! But I did manage...
CONTINUE READINGLast year when I did my ‘Colours in my palette‘ series I shared that I had a small box with a few extra colours in it (4 x half pans and 1 x full pans). The idea behind this box was to contain a few colours that I occasionally want to use (or want to...
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