‘Sketching the Musicians at Phonic FM’
In the Studio This set of sketches are all from me sitting in on Mark & Steve’s ‘The Last Transmission’ show. I have sketched both Mark & Steve, as well as some of their guest musicians who have come into the studio at Exeter’s...
‘Otter Vale Sketching Demo’
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...
‘Quick pen self-portrait’
Me I have a few minutes to spare (10 mins. to be precise), so it’s a little sketching practice in the mirror. I start with a triangle from the eyes to the bottom of the nose. I judge the proportions by eye, based on that original triangle. With just some quick...
‘Sketching on Guernsey’
Camping on Guernsey We have arrived on the lovely island of Guernsey for a week camping holiday and hopefully plenty of sketching for me. The ferry though was late in and this then put us on the wrong foot for our first evening. As we dashed around the island trying...
‘Backpacking & sketching along the Cornish coast’
Footloose in Cornwall A little backpacking and sketching trip along the North Cornish Coast Path, with my old pal, Paul. We are off on a little weekends backpacking trip, which we haven’t done for quite a while now. So the boot of the car is full of rucksacks, walking...About Me
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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