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Well I sort of cheated on sketch 5 because I got the idea from a watercolour book I’m reading, so I can’t claim complete originality. However, the sketch here is mine and actually took the full hour and a few little bits on top as well. A difficult sketch and a good one to learnContinue reading “Sketch 5 -potatoes”

This sketch is of a metal night light. Again, a one hour sketch. Lessons learned: work faster! It doesn’t matter if the shape is perfectly correct, its the colours and the effects that we are after, not a perfect representation. Maybe keep the “shiny” parts freer of pencil and watercolour glaze to make it lookContinue reading “Sketch 3 – Night Light”

This one was a 1 hour sketch – I’m trying to limit the time I spend on these sketches so that they are quick to do and also so I don’t “overdo” them. I want them to be as free and fun as possible! Lessons learned from this sketch: I couldn’t get the colour ofContinue reading “Sketch 2 – Window at Blaise Castle”