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…
How to sketch a tricky scene
Some of the scenes before us are more challenging to capture than others; we sketch then we are frustrated. Usually it is because we fail to follow the tried and true steps that have brought us success in the past. Shirley sent me a photo of such a scene. I am going to break down…
Le Containment connecting and coaching
The French word is le containment, or stay-in, shelter-in-place. This all means that any workshops I intended to do in April or May are in limbo. So let’s use this time to connect and improve. On Instagram I started a tag #travelpicsketching – a place to post sketches that we do from our past…
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