sketching tips

Watercolor Mixing with Colour Temperature in Mind

Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on

In this demonstration, I talk about how you can mix bright and dull secondary colours (e.g. orange, green, purple) from warm and cool primary watercolours.

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Drawing on location without using perspective

Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on

I hear this a lot of time. Many beginners say that they can't draw buildings or scenes because they don't know perspective.

Perspective is a very helpful tool for sketching. But you don't have to use perspective to make a good sketch on location. This video will show you why.

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Draw with Different Colored Pens & Pencils to Spice Up Your Sketches

Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on

My latest muse is to draw with multi-coloured pens, and then using watercolour over them. I feel that the sketches look more lively.

I used the Uniball Signo Gelstick in the video.

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How to sketch big buildings: The Thought Process

Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on

A reader told me that he could draw small objects well but not big objects. So here's a sketching tip for drawing big objects, specifically buildings.

In this video, I go through my thought process when it comes to sketching buildings. The trick is to think about the general shapes first before going into the details.

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