Here are a couple of line and wash sketches I completed during a free live workshop. The one below (beach scene) was done with pigment liners, and the house further down was done with ball-point, liquid ink pens. This is largely a stylistic choice, but you can see pen lines […]
Monthly archives: September 2021
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Thank you to everyone who attended LIVE workshop #11, here’s the final scan and also the sketch I did the night before. I prefer the pre-sketch again 😂 hope you enjoyed it and see you next week! In case you missed the live yesterday, here’s the link: A couple of quick tips. […]
I finished these line and wash sketches from LIVE #10. The first one is from the live and the second was a sketch I did the night before. If you missed the workshop, it’s available here: I worked on getting in a lot of overlapping shapes and figures (remember to […]
Hey everyone, Darren here. These are my final scans from Friday/Saturday’s class. The first two pics were from the live and 3rd/4th were sketches done beforehand. Feel free to use these for learning purposes. If you missed the workshop, you can watch it here: I ended up doing two separate […]
Interested in learning how to draw and paint urban scenes? This is a Line and wash sketch from my Live #9 workshop. Done in an A4 watercolour sketchbook. This is a scene from Dubrovnik, Croatia. In case you missed it, you can watch me draw and paint this LIVE with […]
This is my painting of Venice overlooking the Grand Canal (1/4 sheet, cotton Cold Press/medium texture): This was painted in two distinct washes. In the first wash, I painted the sky, warm areas on the buildings, and water in one go. I started with the buildings first, adding some lemon […]
Learning how to draw and paint buildings? Here’s the final line and wash painting from my recent online line and wash class. I added some extra details for the trees, branches, and some small marks on the ground/bricks. And here is the reference photo: The last 15 minutes of adding […]
I draw all the figures and details in the foreground first so they appear closer to the front. Once you add the buildings and objects behind – they appear partially obscured. This overlapping of shapes creates the illusion of depth and in my opinion, makes for a more interesting drawing. […]