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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay
Use of Color and Field Use of the Pocket Sketching Bag
Season 1
Episode 3
Kath demonstrates how to change the PS bag from cross body bag to easel, how to open and close the equipment with never putting anything down. She emphasizes the value of a messy paint box and mistakes using box and painting by Winslow Homer, and shows more on handling supplies then demonstrates a sketch of buildings from a village in color mixed with the pen line.
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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.