All this time in Le Confinement has me thinking back to all the years I spent traveling the world as a seminar speaker, I am passing on some of those memories. If I ever just wanted to disappear you just might find me in Darwin, Australia. Darwin holds some kind of attraction I have never been…
Author: Terry Christopherson
I sketch, I paint, I travel and eat, that is what my sites are all about.
Staying-in and sketching an update
Le Confinement continues, all things considered we are doing quite well. I am experimenting with some new techniques, getting my Pochade Box out for some Plein Air painting on the golf course, and I am almost finished with my 30 days of sketching from travel photos. How does a virtual workshop sound? I know a…
Pallet reset, rethinking my colors
If you want tons of comments on a FB post just ask, “What is the best…” color, paint, pen, brush, pallet, paper, sketchpad, ink…? A myriad of sketchers will eagerly give you the right advice, while of course clarifying why the comments of others are not the best. However through it all, learning what others…
5 Tips for Creating Depth in a Sketch
We may get the shapes right, the colors right, and yet the sketch looks flat, why? Objects need context for them to make sense to our brain. Here are few tools to help add depth and dimension to your sketches. You may not use them all in every sketch but knowing they are there gives…
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