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Plein Air with Architecture

Plein Air with Architecture

Season 3 Episode 13
26:46
The “Why” of Pocket Sketching

The “Why” of Pocket Sketching

Season 4 Episode 1
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Sketching Equipment and Tips

Sketching Equipment and Tips

Season 4 Episode 2
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Travel Sketching

Travel Sketching

Season 4 Episode 3
26:46
Journaling

Journaling

Season 4 Episode 4
26:46
Fear and Fixing It

Fear and Fixing It

Season 4 Episode 6
26:46
Stuck Inside

Stuck Inside

Season 4 Episode 7
26:46
Sketching Buildings

Sketching Buildings

Season 4 Episode 8
26:46
Time to Decorate!

Time to Decorate!

Season 4 Episode 9
26:46
People Near and Far

People Near and Far

Season 4 Episode 10
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Props and People

Props and People

Season 4 Episode 11
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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay

On Location with Water and Plein Air

Season 3 Episode 12

Kath explores how to stay focused with distractions, how to use the equipment outdoors, making adjustments as you sketch and how to pick and isolate a focal point while limiting time.

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The “Why” of Pocket Sketching
26:46
Kath demonstrates that the goal is not to replicate, but to record what you think you see.
Plein Air with Architecture
26:46
Kath demonstrates sketching with a huge advantage: the timer!
Flowers Outdoors
26:46
Kath demonstrates how to get the feeling of many flowers as they appear outdoors.
Wet in Wet
26:46
If you love the sloshy looseness of some watercolor paintings, enjoy a lack of control.
Dilute Paint as a Drawing Medium
26:46
Enjoy an extremely efficient way to draw with the ‘mess’ in the lid of your paint set.
Distance and Depth
26:46
Using color, contrast and focal point, Kath talks about creating distance and importance.
Journaling
26:46
Since words double the meaning, Kath shows how to incorporate them into sketches.
Gouache
26:46
Kath talks about what gouache is.
Water Soluble Line
26:46
Kath demonstrates how to control the lights and darks of the water-soluble line.
Clouds
26:46
Kath explains a major design element that can be manipulated.
Trees and Shrubs
26:46
Kath demonstrates how to make trees and shrubs identifiable from one another.
Care and Feeding of Equipment
26:46
Kath demonstrates how to get your equipment out and back without putting anything down.
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