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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay
Value of the Water Soluble Pen
Season 1
Episode 2
Kath demonstrates the very peculiar characteristics of the pen and how to use it by changing a sketch of a man’s head into a women’s instantly, then how to take advantage of other valuable characteristics, while doing comparisons to pencil, India ink and ball point. Kath also demonstrates the use of brushes.
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Kath demonstrates sketching with a huge advantage: the timer!
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Kath explores how to stay focused with distractions.
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26:46
Kath demonstrates how to get the feeling of many flowers as they appear outdoors.
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If you love the sloshy looseness of some watercolor paintings, enjoy a lack of control.
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Enjoy an extremely efficient way to draw with the ‘mess’ in the lid of your paint set.
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Using color, contrast and focal point, Kath talks about creating distance and importance.
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Since words double the meaning, Kath shows how to incorporate them into sketches.
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Kath demonstrates how to control the lights and darks of the water-soluble line.
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Kath demonstrates how to make trees and shrubs identifiable from one another.
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Kath demonstrates how to get your equipment out and back without putting anything down.