How to Sketch the Sky in Watercolour
PREMIUM A beautiful sky is the most effective way to add atmosphere to your sketch; all kinds of cloud conditions can be realistically depicted with the aid of a few simple techniques.
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How to Sketch the Sky in Watercolour
PREMIUM article. In this post I will show you how to use a few of my techniques for painting skies, depending on the weather.
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No Page Left Behind! Urban Sketching Workshop, Kent, UK 21st-25th September 2018
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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Planning an Urban Sketch: 10 Tricks for your Toolbox (Parts Two and Three)
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.
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By 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,…
DetailsPlanning an Urban Sketch: 10 Tricks for your Toolbox (Part One)
By 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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Planning an Urban Sketch: 10 Tricks for your Toolbox (Part One)
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.
DetailsUrban Sketching Kit 1: Watercolours
By 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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Urban Sketching Kit 1: Watercolours
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.
DetailsMaking Colours Pop – As Easy as 1, 2, 3
By 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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