We’ve been looking deeply into the designs we see in nature. The flowers and leaves we sketched were roadside specimens which you often don’t notice. When one takes time to study these leaves, or flowers or buds it blows your mind. These are things we so take for granted but everything around us is extraordinary. Coffee and Cake helps a lot.
Read MoreWherever we are up to everyone seems to be producing very happy travel sketches and getting very confident with composition and colour.
As tutors this is such a reward for us. Knowing that we’ve opened a new world for people is very special.
Read MoreThe journey begins. We’d be away from Australia for close to 6 mammoth months. That’s the marvellous life I lead and to be able to sketch and to teach others is an absolute privilege. The places we will go, the people we will meet, the things we will learn and discover, all ahead of us on this very early morning.
Read MoreWe had some fun with memory and a lot of laughs. ! Sketch a bicycle without looking at one. Such a well known shape but oh dear. Where do all the bits go. Aha then we bring out the real one. Mmm. Well we got the wheels and seat - bit of a blank after that.
Read MoreSome of us were up to the other terrifying ‘P’ word - PEOPLE.
Like everything we learn to see as shape, people are just that. A bunch of shapes connected. Sausage people help with seeing those shapes.
Faces and heads are the same. Features placed on an egg! Who’d have thought!
It’s fascinating how much we begin to relate to our little ‘sausages’ once we add colour and some clothes. We do get so many laughs out of this.
What a good week we had. Here in Australia the weather seems more settled and we can get out on location - in small groups. For some - this week was a rather tricky one - eye level perspective. Not that it’s so difficult once you start with the basics. Best to start at the bottom of the ladder and work your way up. Foundations first. Works every time.
Read MoreWhile many of our sketchers around the world are still in lockdown, here in northern Australia, we can have small groups together. Somehow being together on a sunny blue day gives us back that sense of freedom we took for granted before.
Enjoy our sketches from this week and do feel free to comment if you’d like to.
Happy sketching everyone.
Having Tibs the cat watching on can bring out the best in our sketchers as he likes everything you do!
We take what we see and simplify it. An impression in fact. Tibs will see to that.
Over 40 mask designs for your fashion look while keeping safe. Designs for Sydney, London, New York, Boston, France, Italy, Turkey and more.
Read MoreWe’re up and running in Australia - almost. Some of our classes are yet to begin but this week we had several taking place with a lovely selection of sketching results from all.
Read MoreCome on a Virtual Sketching journey with me.
I’ve only just begun sketching this way having been a dedicated ‘on location’ sketcher since the year dot.
But guess what. I’m giving in to the new ways we must sketch if we are to remain safe during this pandemic.
I think we’ll all need to allow ourselves to use reference more often now. Here we go …….
It’s been 4 long months since we could sketch in class together. Take a look at the new student works.
Read MoreWhat we didn’t know at the time was that this would be our last Workshop before Covid-19 stopped everything!!
What a wonderful weekend Sketch Workshop we had in country NSW, the town of Forbes. Such a great group of very keen sketchers and some very good bonding time. Everyone feels how much more than just sketching happens over the time together.
Read MoreSadly we’ve postponed this glorious Workshop till the world is safe again. Do let me know if you’d like to be on the priority list for next time.
’Under the Tuscan Sun- Sketch Lucca’. Lets spend a week in one of the most historical and gorgeous Italian cities, sketching everything that we are attracted to - that’s everything! Lucca is a walkable city and we’ll soon feel like part of the neighbourhood. Join me and sketch your unforgettable journey.
Join me on a 2 Day Travel Sketching Workshop in London. 2021.
Learn to sketch the simple shapes as you plan your page, without the extra detail. Day 2 will be our ‘Getting Loose with watercolour’ day. keeping to just 8 colours we’ll learn the layering trick which gives you the freshest and brightest watercolour.
Take a look at the very enjoyable 3 days of our Sketchfest went. Full Workshops and very enthusiastic sketchers, keen to learn how to ’Bang it in’ and ‘Get loose’ And the Block Arcade want to feature our sketches as framed work. We can take it!
Read MoreWhat better way to spend the last Sketch Holiday of the year at the beautiful relaxed Daku Resort Fiji. Four tours over the years and one of our favourites. We laughed and sketched, talked and snorkelled, drank and dined, shopped and joined in with the locals. So proud of everyone who were willing to get loose and throw a bit of paint around. Nothing can wrong remember. We’ll do it again in 2021.
Read MoreTake a look at the great progress our term 4 ‘19 students are making. Many are in Intro and others in Travel Sketching. Can’t wait to see more.
Read MoreFollow our sketches and our stories as we travel around the magnificent and relatively unknown Campania Southern Italy. This wa sour September 2019 sketch tour.
Our return tour will be September 2021. We’ll then explore all the places we didn’t get to discover. Let me know if you’d like to be on our priority list for this one.
Read MoreThis week we took a good look at ourselves. Faces, hands and feet are all interesting parts of our own design. Sometimes it’s fun to focus on these from another point of view. Intro sketchers were working on memory. What does something familiar look like when you cannot see it. Mmmmm. Interesting. Observation needed here. Then we see the ‘real thing’ and we have an aha moment. A fun moment.
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