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What’s the ‘gsm’ or ‘g/m²’ paper weight mean?

What’s the ‘gsm’ or ‘g/m²’ paper weight mean?

by Nick | Feb 23, 2022 | Hints & Tips for Painting & Drawing, Paper & Supports

What’s the ‘gsm’ or ‘g/m²’ paper weight mean? Here’s a short post to explain what the different ‘gsm’ or ‘g/m²’ paperweights mean. In particular how they affect ‘art’ paper. Paper weights are...
‘Sketching hints and tips’

‘Sketching hints and tips’

by Nick | Oct 12, 2019 | Hints & Tips for Painting & Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches

Some thoughts on sketching I’ve been an artist for over 30 years. Here are my sketching thoughts, hints, and tips for getting out there with your sketchbook. Sketching is a great way to really improve your drawing & painting. It’s also, a very...
‘Sketching in Beer with the OVAS Gang’

‘Sketching in Beer with the OVAS Gang’

by Nick | Jun 30, 2018 | Hints & Tips for Painting & Drawing, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches

To Beer Saturday found me in the beautiful village of Beer. Running a Sketching Workshop for OVAS, the Otter Vale Art Society. A Group I know well and it’s just like meeting up with friends to do some sketching. It’s a hot summers day by the sea and we’ll...
‘Sketching Workshop in Topsham’

‘Sketching Workshop in Topsham’

by Nick | Jun 3, 2017 | Hints & Tips for Painting & Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches

On Topsham Quay Today I am in Topsham with the enthusiastic members of OVAS, the Otter Vale Art Society, to give a workshop on sketching. Following on from last nights demonstration. We are lucky with the weather, which for the most part stays dry, with just one...
‘Otter Vale Sketching Demo’

‘Otter Vale Sketching Demo’

by Nick | Jun 2, 2017 | Hints & Tips for Painting & Drawing, Oil Paintings, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches

Sketching Tonight I going to the very friendly Otter Vale Art Society or OVAS to give a demo on various sketching techniques. I managed to fit three sketches into the time allowed. These included a small, landscape in oils, a portrait in pen, and a watercolour...
‘Exmouth Sketching Demo’

‘Exmouth Sketching Demo’

by Nick | Sep 16, 2016 | Hints & Tips for Painting & Drawing, Pen & Wash Sketching, Pencil Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches

Exmouth Art Group I had a very enjoyable evening last night with the Exmouth Art Group, giving them a talk and several demo’s about ‘sketching’. I tried to fit as many of my sketching techniques as I could into the time allowed. So I was working very...

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Hello and welcome to my Sketching Blog! My name is Nick Watton and I’m passionate about art, painting, drawing and sketching.
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