COURSE IS NOW FULL. A beautifully-illustrated sketchbook, full of stories of your experiences, is a joy to flick through. This workshop gives you tips and techniques to ensure every page is a treasure!
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PREMIUM The second and final part of my 10 Tricks for your Toolbox. Elements four through ten are some of the things to consider when planning your sketch.
DetailsBy Róisín Curé [twitter-follow username=”roisincure” scheme=”dark” count=”yes”] This is Parts Two and Three of a series of tutorials on urban sketching, my 10 Tricks for your Toolbox. I’m running two sessions together as I missed one – I was having a lovely time on the southernmost tip of Ireland, in Schull, Co. Cork,…
DetailsBy Róisín Curé [twitter-follow username=”roisincure” scheme=”dark” count=”yes”] This is one of a series of tutorials on urban sketching. If you are a keen urban sketcher, subscribe to my YouTube channel, Roisin Cure, for more. Whether you’re sketching in your sketchbook just for the sheer pleasure of it, or drawing something more formal, you…
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PREMIUM It’s good to do some advance planning before you put pen to paper. Far from removing spontaneity, it gives you freedom to express yourself, confident that you know what you’re doing.
DetailsBy Róisín Curé [twitter-follow username=”roisincure” scheme=”dark” count=”yes”] [su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/yh0hIg9dLJA” controls=”alt” autoplay=”yes” rel=”no”] (Affiliate links for purchasing paints featured in this article can be found on my YouTube channel, which you’ll see if you play the above video in YouTube.) The first watercolours I used for urban sketching were by Winsor & Newton,…
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PREMIUM With an almost endless choice of watercolours to choose from, it can feel daunting to choose just a handful for your urban sketching paintbox. I’d like to share my choices with you.
DetailsBy Róisín Curé [twitter-follow username=”roisincure” scheme=”dark” count=”yes”] Do you look at other people’s watercolour sketches and wonder how their colours look so intense? So bright and clear? In short, how they POP? It’s not hard to make colours shout out from the page with intense vibrancy. You just need to learn a…
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PREMIUM Sketchers often wonder why their watercolours don’t “pop” with bright, clear colour. The solution is really easy, and I describe it in this article in 3 simple steps.
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The end-of-year holiday over Christmas and New Year provides a great opportunity for sketching family, one of which I take full advantage.
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