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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay
Focal Point
Season 1
Episode 5
Kath stresses the importance of focal point. She shows very good and very bad examples she created, the value of timing each sketch, keeping time on the paper and staying within 25 minutes, how to isolate the focal point, stay on it, and leave, feeling good. The delight of stopping a bad sketch and starting a new sketch or simply leaving.
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Kath discusses the dark colors that make the light colors work.
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For extreme speed, go with just grey scale or use color for only the focal point.
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The difference is words. The addition of words doubles the meaning. Date the entry.
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When you really want portability, keep everything compact instead of big.
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You are building a composition of things from different places.
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Always start with a daisy: it’s the easiest flower.
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It is never messy and is archival so you don’t remove it.
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In the process you will find out why you picked it and how it was made.
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The sketch will remind you of everything you didn’t sketch right down to the smells.