One of the lovely things about my new home is that my teacups (and teapots) are now on display. Not only are they much easier to get to (previously they were just stacked in piles inside a kitchen cupboard) but my teacup wall unit is just so nice to look at and I enjoy the...
CONTINUE READINGI was looking through my sketches of the Isle of Lewis the other day and came across two versions of the coastline at the Port Of Ness. One is small (occupying the top part of an A4 page) and the other takes up a double-page spread in an A4 sketchbook. I thought it would be...
CONTINUE READINGThis week a question came up inside my Foundations course about how to handle water when sketching on location. And I realised that I’ve never actually dedicated a blog article to this topic. So that’s what I’m going to do today! For many years I have used the same system – two small water containers...
CONTINUE READINGI’m particularly interested in exploring ways of creating layered colour and texture in my work. And so last Friday as I was sipping my coffee, I started with a Cobalt Blue wash. It’s getting cooler in the morning here in Sydney so this cool undertone just felt right. Cobalt Blue (PB28) is such a lovely...
CONTINUE READINGThe other day I did three quick sketches in minutes just before rushing to appointments, using a Castell 9000 2B graphite pencil. I think I have a new ‘fast tool’! A fast tool is one that I know I can use for super quick sketches and typically they can produce a variety of line...
CONTINUE READINGOn Monday I had the great pleasure of teaching a sketching workshop at Cockatoo Island for the wonderful team at Campbell Architecture. This workshop was originally planned for December last year but rain meant that it was postponed. I was super thankful that we had perfect weather on the day. Here is the gang with...
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