Illustration + Nature Sketching
My sketchbook tour will be a bit different this month as I have been doing a lot of painting at home since the lockdown, and my sketching activities in nature have stopped entirely. I’ve been recording a lot of bird sketching tutorials, some of them I’ve already shared on Youtube, some of them will be … Read more
I’ve been painting in gouache a lot lately. Since plein air painting will be off the menu for quite a while, I’ve looked through old vacation photos and use those as a subject. I have a lot of material from recent years! I quite like this process, since a lot of memories of great places … Read more
Here’s a quick video I did back in the winter months when I saw a lot of fieldfares. They typically come in small swarms and eat up all the apples that are still hanging on the trees. If you can’t see the video above, watch it here. P.S. I’m currently working on updating my bird … Read more
The other week, I took a walk (when that was still a less stressful activity, and still an option) and I actually spotted a kingfisher near the river of our city. It has been over 15 years since I saw a kingfisher and I was really excited to see this beautiful bird! I heard the … Read more
In this post, I want to try and give an explanation of why I think art is important, especially now. Here’s a video of this post: If you can’t see the video above, click here to watch it. My very first encounter with art as a child was probably a children’s book, or a song, … Read more
Before I show you the next in my little bird-sketching video series I want to say a big thank you for everyone’s support, comments and thoughts over the last few days, I deeply appreciate it! I’m especially grateful for those who bought a class from me and gave a bit more through the pay what … Read more
I’m keeping myself occupied by sketching birds right now and by filming the process for you. Here I have two different sketches of seagulls (a herring gull, to be precise) in pencil and watercolor. I like to keep these sketches quick and less detailed than a full illustration. I have had some fun encounters with … Read more
Here’s my sketchbook tour for February. Currently I love doing bird studies (as well as simply watching them), and I’m exploring painting in gouache a bit more. I might need to start a separate sketchbook for these studies, to keep them all in one place. Here is a video version of this post: Click here … Read more
Let’s take a look at primary colors and how understanding them gets you better mixing results. You can watch a more or less similar video version on this topic here: Colors in painting are an important tool – they’re not actually the most important for getting a painting to look right (that would be value), … Read more
This month I’ve returned to sketching more birds, which is something I’ve missed, and continued my mammal studies. I’ve also introduced a bit of gouache painting into my sketchbook, which I haven’t done in a long time – gouache is opaque watercolor, and it can be combined with watercolors very well. In fact, all I … Read more
I’ve started to sketch more birds again recently which is very enjoyable. Today I have a video of my process for a detailed bird painting. I’ve decided to do some sketches of the birds in my sketchbook first, and a detailed painting in watercolor later. It’s winter time, and in many places in middle Europe … Read more
I’m excited to announce I’ve released a quick little class about setting up custom watercolor palette for sketching. If you want to get to know your paints and their properties better, or if you’re new to watercolor and are wondering what’s important to look for in a sketching palette, or if you’re an experienced painter … Read more