A great discussion on speed vs accuracy started in the Buildings classroom over the weekend so I thought it was the perfect time to write an article on the topic. This is something that I think about constantly in my own work. 🙂 Generally, speed and accuracy are at the opposite ends of a scale....
CONTINUE READINGOn Wednesday I posted the above image to Instagram and asked if I should add colour. The response was decisive: 78% Yes vs 22% No. However, I decided not to add any colour and I thought you might find it interesting to know why. How I made my decision in this instance applies to any...
CONTINUE READINGThanks to everyone who left a comment on my previous article about the new Aquarius colours whether here on the blog or on Instagram. It was really fun to find out what colours you were interested in. I plan to work my way through all the colours doing mixing tests and then work out a...
CONTINUE READINGThe 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...
CONTINUE READINGA few weeks ago I got an exciting package from Poland with the 20 new Roman Szmal Aquarius colours for 2023 – thanks Roman for sending them to me. Of course I immediately swatched them out (there are some beautiful colours in the collection) but then didn’t know what to do. Having 20 new colours...
CONTINUE READING…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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