Today I filmed myself sketching some Autumn leaves with my watercolour pencils.

There are two videos. The first is the sketch and the second is showing examples of adding water to the colours used in the sketch.

The Faber Castell Watercolour pencils I used were:

• Grass Green
• Chrome Green Oxide
• Burnt Ochre
• Deep Red
• Magenta
• Orange Glaze
• Light Chrome Yellow
• Burnt Umber

The second video shows how I the colour spreads across the page when water is added.

Please let me know if you have any questions about using watercolour pencils or what else I could show in a sketch.

Happy sketching

I am very happy and excited to be involved with a project at my local library: the East Melbourne Community Seed Library project.

It is part of a work in progress to establish a free seed library at East Melbourne Library.

What is a seed library?

The East Melbourne Community Seed Library aims to build food resilience and promote sustainable gardens by sharing seeds to encourage the community to grow their own produce.

Collect (Borrow) Seeds
There is a call for locals to Join a growing community who grow and share seeds by visiting the East Melbourne Library Seed Library. Residents will be able to collect seeds for their own garden and return seeds to contribute seeds to the Seed Library for others.

Local ? Help us to grow our Seed Library by harvesting seeds and donating them back to the library!

What am I doing?

I am drawing the images of the plant of the seeds in the packets. These will be on the front of each seed packet. I completed two and the Librarian was very pleased with the results and then provided a list of the other seeds they have.

Over the Easter long weekend, I spent time on these drawings.

Below are in various stages of completion. I am drawing two on each A4 watercolour page.

It is lovely to be able to share a commission. I have two other commissions this year that I will be able to share once they are made public by the organisations involved.

Chat to the East Melbourne Library emelcirc(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)melbourne.vic.gov.au and phone 9658 9600 for any enquiries.

Each year I have a tradition of sketching my Easter Hot Cross Bun,

This year is no different. This hot cross bun was given to me and was just perfect to draw and then eat!

I also sketched some nests, eggs and a bunny.

It is just a quick blog this week as I am spending the weekend working on a commission which I will share next week. It involves a lot of greens!

Please let me know if you have any questions about watercolour pencils or my sketches. I have lots of practical hints and tips on my blog, some are gathered here together.

I have classes too. see here.

Happy Easter and happy sketching.