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Virtual Travel

Virtual Travel

Season 2 Episode 1
27:00
Travel Journaling

Travel Journaling

Season 2 Episode 2
27:01
Focal Point

Focal Point

Season 2 Episode 3
27:01
Copying from a Magazine

Copying from a Magazine

Season 2 Episode 4
27:01
Scraping

Scraping

Season 2 Episode 5
27:00
Wax as a Resist

Wax as a Resist

Season 2 Episode 6
27:01
Flowers and the Timer

Flowers and the Timer

Season 2 Episode 7
27:01
Cobbled Still Life

Cobbled Still Life

Season 2 Episode 8
27:01
Field Equipment

Field Equipment

Season 2 Episode 9
27:01
Fix 'Em

Fix 'Em

Season 2 Episode 10
27:01
Journaling

Journaling

Season 2 Episode 11
27:01
Food

Food

Season 2 Episode 12
27:01
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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay

Water

Season 1 Episode 13

Kath demonstrates how to make the water real by sketching the solid parts around it and “sneaking” up on the water with very little color at the end. It suddenly works almost by omission. This is followed by a quick review of the not-to-be-forgotten important points of the entire series.

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Water Splashing
26:46
Kath discusses the dark colors that make the light colors work.
The Monotone
27:01
For extreme speed, go with just grey scale or use color for only the focal point.
Food
27:01
No timer needed. You’ve paid for it, you’re hungry and it’s getting cold.
Journaling
27:01
The difference is words. The addition of words doubles the meaning. Date the entry.
Fix 'Em
27:01
When you don’t feel like starting anything, grab 4 or 5 poor sketches and try to fix them.
Field Equipment
27:01
When you really want portability, keep everything compact instead of big.
Cobbled Still Life
27:01
You are building a composition of things from different places.
Flowers and the Timer
27:01
Always start with a daisy: it’s the easiest flower.
Wax as a Resist
27:01
It is never messy and is archival so you don’t remove it.
Scraping
27:00
Using an area already wet with water, scrape with any tool to clear an area.
Copying from a Magazine
27:01
In the process you will find out why you picked it and how it was made.
Focal Point
27:01
The sketch will remind you of everything you didn’t sketch right down to the smells.
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