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’s 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...
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...
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...
by Nick | Jun 2, 2017 | Hints & Tips for Painting & Drawing, Oil Paintings, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches
Tonight I going to the very friendly Otter Vale Art Society or OVAS to give a demo on various sketching techniques. I manage to fit three sketches into the time allowed. These included a small, landscape in oils, a portrait in pen and a watercolour landscape. Featured...
by Nick | Sep 16, 2016 | Hints & Tips for Painting & Drawing, Pen & Wash Sketching, Pencil Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches
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 quickly with not...
