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Category: Sketching

Inside the Sketchbook Series: Peony Gent

13th August 2021 Derwentart Archive (2010-2015), Environment, Figures, Flowers, Illustration, Interviews, Paint Pans, Recent blogs, Sketching, Sketching & drawing, Urban Sketching

Welcome back to Inside the Sketchbook — a series dedicated to exploring the methods, mediums and mindsets of the next[…]

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Reportage Drawing of Times Square using the Line and Wash Set by Jedidiah Dore

16th April 2021 Derwentart Archive (2010-2015), Line Makers, Paint Pans, Projects, Projects, Recent blogs, Sketching, Urban, Urban Sketching

Derwent materials used: Inktense Paper Line and Wash Paint Set Push Button Waterbrushes  Line Maker Pens in Sepia I am[…]

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Getting ready for spring with the Inktense Paint Pan Set and Julia Woning

20th March 2020 Derwentart Botanicals, Inktense Paint Pan Set, Lightfastness, Media, Recent blogs, Reviews, Sketching, Spring

youtubeembedcode es add-link-exchange youtubeembedcode.com/pl/ Add-link-exchange Are you fed up of the rain and the cold weather? I know I am[…]

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A rough guide to creating Fine Art with Derwent Graphic and Lorien Tear

28th February 2020 Derwentart Competition, Derwent Precision, Fine Art, Graphic Pencils, Portraits, Recent blogs, Sketching, step by step, Top Tips

Define ‘Fine Art’ – it’s a tough one, isn’t it? Today though, I’m going to take you through the process[…]

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Urban Sketching with Derwent Procolour by Jacky Fellows

16th August 2019 Derwentart Cityscapes, Environment, Line Makers, Procolour, Procolour, Recent blogs, Sketching, Sketching & drawing

I’ve been urban sketching for around six years now. I started when I saw an article about Birmingham Urban Sketchers[…]

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Making the most of the sunshine to urban sketch with Derwent Lightfast and Ed Isaacs

26th July 2019 Derwentart Lightfast, Line Makers, Sketching, Urban Sketching

“I like your watercolours”, someone tweeted when I posted some of my Scotland sketches on my Twitter feed. “Er …[…]

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Sketching Landscapes with Inktense Blocks by Amanda Hislop

1st April 2019 Derwentart Inktense Blocks, Inktense Pencils, Landscapes, Sketching

Living as I do in Oxfordshire, I value my time on the coast which gives me the perfect opportunity to[…]

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Spring sketches with Derwent Inktense by Robyn Parker

8th March 2019 Derwentart Calligraphy, Inktense Blocks, Inktense Paint Pan Set, Inktense Pencils, Sketching

Spring is fast approaching and with the unusually warm weather we’ve had just recently, it’s not surprising to see more[…]

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Start your drawing journey with Jake Spicer

17th January 2019 Derwentart Sketching, Tonal values

If you’ve never drawn before, or if you just want to start at the beginning, then start here. […] These[…]

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Derwent promising a perfect pencil this Christmas

30th November 2018 Derwentart Christmas, Competition, Inktense Pencils, Lightfast, Lightfastness, Procolour, Sketching

This festive period, head over to DerwentArt.com as we’ve got something for every type of creative: the landscape artist, the[…]

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