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Journaling

Season 2 Episode 11
27:01
Food

Food

Season 2 Episode 12
27:01
The Monotone

The Monotone

Season 2 Episode 13
27:01
Water Splashing

Water Splashing

Season 3 Episode 1
26:46
Care and Feeding of Equipment

Care and Feeding of Equipment

Season 3 Episode 2
26:46
Trees and Shrubs

Trees and Shrubs

Season 3 Episode 3
26:46
Clouds

Clouds

Season 3 Episode 4
26:46
Water Soluble Line

Water Soluble Line

Season 3 Episode 5
26:46
Gouache

Gouache

Season 3 Episode 6
26:46
Journaling

Journaling

Season 3 Episode 7
26:46
Distance and Depth

Distance and Depth

Season 3 Episode 8
26:46
Dilute Paint as a Drawing Medium

Dilute Paint as a Drawing Medium

Season 3 Episode 9
26:46
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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay

Fix 'Em

Season 2 Episode 10

When you don’t feel like starting anything, grab 4 or 5 poor sketches and try to fix them. Use contrast, color, focal point. Great review: two may get better, while 3 get worse, but they weren’t good anyway. Great review of the importance of the basics.

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Water Splashing
26:46
Kath discusses the dark colors that make the light colors work.
The Monotone
27:01
For extreme speed, go with just grey scale or use color for only the focal point.
Food
27:01
No timer needed. You’ve paid for it, you’re hungry and it’s getting cold.
Journaling
27:01
The difference is words. The addition of words doubles the meaning. Date the entry.
Field Equipment
27:01
When you really want portability, keep everything compact instead of big.
Cobbled Still Life
27:01
You are building a composition of things from different places.
Flowers and the Timer
27:01
Always start with a daisy: it’s the easiest flower.
Wax as a Resist
27:01
It is never messy and is archival so you don’t remove it.
Scraping
27:00
Using an area already wet with water, scrape with any tool to clear an area.
Copying from a Magazine
27:01
In the process you will find out why you picked it and how it was made.
Focal Point
27:01
The sketch will remind you of everything you didn’t sketch right down to the smells.
Travel Journaling
27:01
Always keep equipment at a minimum so you have portability and will sketch.
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