Wow. We’re already in February. Where did January go? Well, I was a little out of action after having caught the flu. Little did I know that although up and about, my energy was drained and I was still under the weather. I’m happy to report that since Saturday I’m back in full swing.
Miraculously, although under the weather I managed to complete the Sketching Exploration course I enrolled in back at the beginning of January. It seems that committing to a daily routine is not the problem. It’s more the time frame. I tend to start my drawings late in the evening, well into the night. If I want to maintain my daily sketching practice I will have to find creative ways to incorporate a sketch a day which does not take hours!!! Any tips welcome.
Meanwhile here’s my repertoire. I thought some of you might be interested to see the development of my work. It’ll be nice for me to look back and compare at the end of the year. Thank you to those who’ve been very supportive and complimentary over on Instagram and Twitter. It’s truly appreciated and keeps me motivated.
So now that Lisa Congdon’s course has finished I need to find more courses. Reason being that I’m much more motivated when somehow accountable and doing a life course is a great way to do that.
I’m also not so good with figurative drawing so I really want to practice and be able to incorporate animals, objects et cetera. I’ll keep you guys posted and will keep on showing my work on Instagram.
Some of you have been asking me which art materials I use. Here’s what I’ve been using in these sketches:
Sakura Micron Pens (in all different nib sizes)
Sakura Gelly Roll Pens (different colours, including white)
Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Big Brush Pens
Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Brush Pens
Uni-Ball Signo Broad in white
Sharpies (they are currently on offer for £9.99)
Stabilo Woody
Kuretake Gansai Japanese Watercolour Paint Set
Sketchbooks:
Moleskine watercolour notebook
Square shaped notebook
Arches Watercolour pad (grain satiné) as recommended by Katie from Paper Fashion
Maybe some of you want to join me in the daily(ish) sketching challenge. Go on……
Oh, and thank you Steller Stories for having published my Floral sketches in their Creative collection….
and my Cityscape Sketches in their Stellerverse collection.