Join Me This Month For Sketchbook Revival
This month sees the return of the popular Sketchbook Revival event, free and online. Find out all about how to sign up in this article.
Turning Up The Volume On Colour
I want to tell you a story about colour. A colourful story, if you will. When I first started sketching, I was a bit “AI” about it, a bit of a computer. My process was as follows: 1. Look at the scene. 2. Record the shapes you see with a pen. 3. Now colour them…
Sketchalong Tuesday 7th February 7.00pm GMT
Spring is in the air, and with Valentine’s Day around the corner, love seems to be in the air too…just look at those cute rooks lined up on the wire. I wonder have they worked out how far apart they need to be for a bit of privacy, as they always seem to take the…
Zoom Spring Term
These are the classes available for the Winter Term through Zoom. They range from Sketch Along to a clinic, or private classes.
Zoom Class: Foliage, Near, Middle and Far
Saturday 9th May So…I started my new Zoom class with a group of students from all over the world. There are occasional tech issues, but somehow we get over the speedwobbles and manage to have two hours of concentrated learning. The above sketch was of a horse chestnut tree in my garden, and it was…
Do-It-Yourself Art Stuff Roll – And Some Colourful Inks
I am on holiday, after an extremely busy year. Indulge me while I recap. I wrote and illustrated a book, taught ten workshops at home and abroad, ran classes for kids…and did all the usual stuff a mother has to do to keep the show on the road. Last week I decided to have a…
The 10th International Urban Sketching Symposium, Amsterdam, July 24th-27th 2019
The 10th International USk Symposium has just wrapped up. It took place in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. The 9th USk Symposium was held in Porto, Portugal, in July 2018. One of the organisers, Nelson Paciencia, stood up to say a few words about the experience during the introduction one morning. “The Symposium is not about…
A Watercolour Sketching Workshop in Haarlem, 19th-21st July 2019
I was in Porto, Portugal, last year when this year’s Urban Sketching Symposium location was announced. It would take place in Amsterdam. “You should consider staying in Haarlem,” said Anne Rose Oosterbaan, one of the many Dutch sketchers in Porto. “It’s very pretty, cheaper than Amsterdam – and only twenty minutes away by train.” That…
Colouring In With Kabuki
PREMIUM: Prints of Japanese Kabuki actors are masterpieces of colour and line and are a great way to practice watercolour techniques. In this article I show you how to paint your own.
Let It Glow: Five Watercolour Techniques for Beautiful Painting
PREMIUM. When it comes to bringing out the beauty of watercolour, good timing is of the essence. Five easy techniques, with practice will enable the best from this beautiful medium.