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.
DetailsPREMIUM 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…
DetailsPREMIUM 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.
DetailsThe end-of-year holiday over Christmas and New Year provides a great opportunity for sketching family, one of which I take full advantage.
DetailsHallowe’en marks the end of autumn and the start of the long dark days of winter. Going for walks with my lovely teenagers – and sketching – are good ways to cope.
DetailsThe Etchr satchel and Etchr field case have been designed with the urban sketcher in mind. I was asked to review these two products for my readers.
DetailsPREMIUM. My parents have a place in Nice, on the French Riviera, a city of sun-baked beaches, fabulous gastronomy and exotic landscapes. I spent a happy week helping my mother pack.
DetailsPREMIUM. I was asked to sketch at Seafest 2017, and it was a real pleasure: sunshine, sea, spray and sketching all combined to make a day of great colour and atmosphere.
DetailsPREMIUM article. Light and shadow can be effectively conveyed with the use of just one colour added to an ink line. Here the colour used is indigo, but Payne’s grey is equally effective.
DetailsPREMIUM article. While it’s potentially very rewarding, drawing people is one of the biggest challenges you’ll face as a sketcher. Get the inside track of tips and techniques to make it easier…
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