Sometimes I just need a little OCR! (Old Country Roses by Royal Albert) Fun Fact: This sketch was done using a waterbrush! I’m not sure if I’ve ever done a teacup sketch using a waterbrush. It certainly felt strange not using my beloved dagger brush but it’s been great to develop my waterbrush skills –...
CONTINUE READINGThanks to everyone who made a suggestion recently either here on the blog or on Instagram. A few comments before sharing the options: These are rough mockups done on printouts of the pages and to make it easy I added colour with Neocolor crayon – but my intention is to finish the pages with watercolour!...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve decided to start using a water brush for the next few weeks to find out if there is a way of using it so that I’m happy with the results. Water brushes are extremely convenient but over the years I’ve always been disappointed when I’ve used them. Watercolour sketches painted with a water brush ...
CONTINUE READINGIt can be easy to think (based on what we see on social media) that urban sketches ‘should’ always involve going on dedicated sketching outings and spending a considerable amount of time to achieve a finished sketch. But this is not the case – and in fact, I strongly believe that constantly doing quick simple...
CONTINUE READINGMy everyday sketching strategy is to do whatever sketches I can during the day and then at night finish my pages by adding notes and other ‘elements’. This act of finishing my pages is a totally separate process from sketching but it uses many of the same skills ( relying on my sense of composition,...
CONTINUE READINGIn the past few months I’ve sketched more cups of coffee than teacups so I thought I would put a little collection together for those of you who only drink coffee. 🙂 My coffee cup sketches are different from my teacup sketches in that they are normally done under a limited time constraint. When I...
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