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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay

Dilute Paint as a Drawing Medium

Season 3 Episode 9

Enjoy an extremely efficient way to draw with the ‘mess’ in the lid of your paint set, as John Singer Sargent used. You can change anything easily, all you need is a dirty box lid!

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Virtual Travel
27:00
Because you can’t always go somewhere, why not relive the best places?
Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay Season 1
26:46
Kath demonstrates how to make the water real by sketching the solid parts around it.
Working in Public Among People
26:45
Kath demonstrates how to stay in private in public and how to get people to enjoy posing.
Speed of Execution
26:45
Kath demonstrates several ways to cut time dramatically and still get the essence.
Really ‘Wet’ Watercolor on a Small Scale
26:46
Kath demonstrates emphasizing brush handling.
Changing an Existing Sketch With a Copier
26:46
Kath demonstrates making changes on the copied image to “get it right”.
Using Color and Contrast
26:46
Kath demonstrates what she found in color and contrast to make a sketch have vitality.
Color and Color Mixing
26:46
Kath demonstrates the usual color wheel.
Where to Start and How
26:45
Kath does a demonstration of a very moody evening scene of an adobe house in New Mexico.
Focal Point
26:46
Kath stresses the importance of focal point.
Perspective of Color and Contrast, Using a Photograph
26:46
Kath demonstrates building distance in a landscape view by manipulating color and contrast
Use of Color and Field Use of the Pocket Sketching Bag
26:46
Kath demonstrates how to change the supplies bag from cross body bag to easel.
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