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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay

Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay

You just changed my life: I can do this! From the beginning, this program is designed so a raw beginner can follow each episode and enjoy the fun of success, while the advanced artist finds a fast, totally portable, compact technique that goes anywhere. Each episode demonstrates a new skill. Nothing is threatening: the supplies are cheap, everything’s compact and portable with no clean-up. Sketch

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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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