Join me as I share the very beginnings of a new project - finding my feet within research to form the grounds for future paintings. In this video I’ve shared a handful of tips I always fall back on when I’m not sure where, why or how to start painting & working in my sketchbooks.
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00:00 intro
01:45 drive
02:17 clearing my head
03:11 learning
03:38 upcoming exhibition
04:28 residency & line drawings & movement
06:00 sketchbooks & personal style
08:00 materials & qualities
08:55 how I usually use sketchbooks
09:55 my focus today
11:11 watercolour
12:10 reviewing old work for inspiration
13:19 digital painting
15:10 perspective ideas
16:16 printing when you don’t know how to start
17:12 take it easy
18:02 negative space
18:25 learning more
19:23 next steps & final pages