DISCOVERING ART THROUGH EXPLORATION
Armed with a bit more knowledge I was prepared for the next round in my pursuit of better architectural drawing. As work has been full on I haven't been able to get out and sketch (not that the weather has been great for it either) so the only time available to draw is at night... Continue Reading →
Over the last month or so I have undertaken a study into drawing architecture. Now that I’m drawing outdoors more and living in an inner-city suburb I’m increasingly aware of buildings and architectural structures dominating much of the urban landscape. So now that I am drawing outdoors more I cannot avoid architecture in my drawings... Continue Reading →
We're heading into the middle of winter now and although the endless days of rain seem to be a permanent fixture in Sydney of late, my favourite type of weather came out on Saturday for one of our Sydney Sketchclub Meetups –nice, crisp cool winter air with bright warm sunshine. It may be hard for... Continue Reading →
There is so much going on online, again I feel like I have barely scratched the surface. It's great how you can do online courses in watercolours or even sketchbook journalling, but I like the ones that really challenge my creativity, and allow me some freedom to play around with ideas and techniques etc. It's... Continue Reading →
4, 5, 6, 7...Sketchbooks Before I met all my sketchbook buddies I only ever used drawing books to work out ideas in – they were full of scribbles, notes and taped in clippings and especially not for sharing. But the phenomena of sketchbooks more as personally illustrated journals has rubbed off on me. Now I... Continue Reading →
I've created a couple of new pages showcasing all the materials I use as well as my own personal tips on how to handle them or how I use them. I dont have any professional background when I offer this advice, it's garnered from regular use and a lot of jumping in the deep end... Continue Reading →
Greetings everyone, welcome to my new-ish blog makeover! To see more colour ink work please click here. With much deliberation of what to do with this blog after my satisfying breakthrough using colour inks, I've decided to showcase a bit more of my work besides black and white ink. Which will be quite nice –... Continue Reading →
I cannot believe we are four months into the new year - it's ridiculous. It's been awhile since I did some Urban Sketching, admittedly I never felt motivated too, but once I did one I wanted to keep going. I also drew my first "ghost" stop - which is a bus stop that is no... Continue Reading →
I went to our country's capital, Canberra (NOT Sydney, for all my international followers) for a few days. It was mainly to visit the touring Renaissance Exhibition at the National Gallery but I managed to fit in a few more museums and markets. Anyway, for those who do not know, Canberra was a planned city... Continue Reading →
More bus stops for my Urban Sketches contribution. For detailed images click here. Cheers!