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.
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.
Making Colours Pop – As Easy as 1, 2, 3
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.
Hallowe’en marks the Start of Winter (Still Sketching Though)
Hallowe’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.
Farewell to the French Riviera! Watercolour Memories of Nice
PREMIUM. 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.
Sketching Seafest 2017: Celebrating Our Seas in Ink and Watercolour
PREMIUM. 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.
Sketching A Puppy: A Furry Artist’s Model
PREMIUM. My husband and I were adamant that we were not getting a puppy. On the other hand, if your daughter begs for two years, it’s hard to resist.
The Colours In My Paintbox: How They Earn Their Place
PREMIUM article. Finding you’re missing a crucial colour can be annoying at best..but choosing just twelve colours for your paintbox is hard. Here I describe mine, and why they’re there.
The Burren in Watercolour: The Chocolate Factory (Part 1)
PREMIUM. The world-famous Burren is an ethereal place with a dreamy quality. It’s a very nice surprise to find a chocolate factory right in its heart, amid the hills of jagged limestone.
Sketching Coconut Harvesting in Mauritius
The Coconut harvesters of Mauritius risk their lives to bring us their bounty – and to let Róisín sketch them at their work.