On Saturday I held a Nature Sketching with Watercolour Pencil class at the beautiful Dromkeen homestead ,just outside of Melbourne. This is a short post showing the sketches I did on the day.
After playing with the watercolour pencils inside and learning what they do, we head outside and observe a tree up close. A little time is spent observing the details, intricacy and character of one tree.
This final sketch is an explanation of how I built up a page. It is quite hard to explain what you do, when you just do it without thinking. I would love to video this one day.
I had eight enthusiastic students and beautiful day. We were very lucky that the weather cleared and we had a bit of sunshine and warmth.
I have a variety of Watercolour Pencil sketching classes over Spring and Summer at Dromkeen and in Melbourne. Please contact me if you have any questions. See all the details on my website
I love the sketch of the tree trunk. I see the different textures in a tree trunk as I am out walking and think ‘Oh that is so beautiful’. You have done well in your blog this week on nature sketching and your class would have enjoyed their time with you.