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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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Always keep equipment at a minimum so you have portability and will sketch.

27:00
Because you can’t always go somewhere, why not relive the best places?

26:45
Kath demonstrates how to stay in private in public and how to get people to enjoy posing.

26:45
Kath demonstrates several ways to cut time dramatically and still get the essence.

26:46
Kath demonstrates emphasizing brush handling.

26:46
Kath demonstrates making changes on the copied image to “get it right”.

26:46
Kath demonstrates what she found in color and contrast to make a sketch have vitality.

26:46
Kath demonstrates the usual color wheel.

26:45
Kath does a demonstration of a very moody evening scene of an adobe house in New Mexico.

26:46
Kath stresses the importance of focal point.

26:46
Kath demonstrates building distance in a landscape view by manipulating color and contrast