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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay
Using Color and Contrast
Season 1
Episode 8
Using a photo of a cottonwood tree Kath sketched plein air unsuccessfully for most of a week, Kath demonstrates what she found in color and contrast to make the sketch have vitality. She emphasizes the conscious change to real observing, versus training as a child to do stereotyped images of trees, clouds and other forms. The real world is not what we have as tapes in our heads.
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Kath herself imitates what a person up close can look like when trying to sketch them.
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Kath explains how a permanent pen can be used for very quick sketches that still provoke memory.
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Kath explains the difference between a sketch and a journal page, from simple to elaborate instances
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Kath demos each piece of equipment, why it is selected and how to use it.