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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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Travel Journaling
27:01
Always keep equipment at a minimum so you have portability and will sketch.
Virtual Travel
27:00
Because you can’t always go somewhere, why not relive the best places?
Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay Season 1
26:46
Kath demonstrates how to make the water real by sketching the solid parts around it.
Working in Public Among People
26:45
Kath demonstrates how to stay in private in public and how to get people to enjoy posing.
Speed of Execution
26:45
Kath demonstrates several ways to cut time dramatically and still get the essence.
Really ‘Wet’ Watercolor on a Small Scale
26:46
Kath demonstrates emphasizing brush handling.
Changing an Existing Sketch With a Copier
26:46
Kath demonstrates making changes on the copied image to “get it right”.
Using Color and Contrast
26:46
Kath demonstrates what she found in color and contrast to make a sketch have vitality.
Color and Color Mixing
26:46
Kath demonstrates the usual color wheel.
Where to Start and How
26:45
Kath does a demonstration of a very moody evening scene of an adobe house in New Mexico.
Focal Point
26:46
Kath stresses the importance of focal point.
Perspective of Color and Contrast, Using a Photograph
26:46
Kath demonstrates building distance in a landscape view by manipulating color and contrast
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