Art Journal
Stories & Creative Tips
Using creative visualisation: Sketching boats in Northumberland
Drawing boats has long been a mini ambition of mine. Many times I’ve visualised the process of wanting to capture their distinctive shapes and bright colours on a page. Keen to put this ambition into action I went to Beadnall, on the Northumberland coast. With sketchbook in hand, I found a vantage point overlooking the harbour and began to draw; putting into practice what I saw in my mind’s eye.
Drawing with others in the great outdoors: Artists’ tips and inspiration
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if drawing outside had one of those good for the soul type names like the rather trendy shinrin-yoku or “forest bathing”. Yes there’s the term en plein air (translation “in the open air”) which despite sounding somewhat romantic in French seems to fall a little short of soulful when translated into English.