Top Posts

There’s a lot of stuff in these pages that maybe gets buried in the chronological nature of a web-blog.

So, here are some of the more useful category searches and sub-pages:

• My Books < Everything I know in one place, just to save you time.
• My Online Classes < My older Craftsy.com classes, recently re-branded as BluPrint
• Step by Step Demos < Posts with work-in-progress narration.
• Sketching Tips and Tricks  < Helpful tips and suggestions for self-training.
• Free Videos < Only a few things here, but I think there’s some good stuff :)
• Download Workshop Handouts < Free PDF files from my past UrbanSketchers workshops
• Painting in Watercolor < This is the good stuff :)
• #OneWeek100People < This is the best exercise for learning life drawing. If you only do one kind of self-teaching, this is it. Watch me do my own homework.
• #30x30DirectWatercolor < All the posts related to our annual painting marathon.

• Watercolor Painting Gear < What I use when painting in watercolor.
• Drawing/Sketching Gear < There’s no end to sketching gear. This is my ‘basic kit’ to help you get started.
• Reviews of Art Materials < Field testing various Urban Sketchers oriented gear.

Thanks for stopping by, and best of luck with your drawing and painting!

~marc

Hey also! Here’s a few of my favorite articles from years past.

John Singer Sargent Watercolor Exhibition Review, Boston 2014: This is a short article summarizing first-hand discoveries from a show of Sargent’s watercolors.

Four post series on my first breakthrough with Direct Watercolor: Read about the lightbulb moment in 2014.

Smoke and Mirrors : Big Tobacco on Trial: My real-life courtroom sketches (2015) from the historic close of the legal case in Canada against the tobacco industry, accused of knowingly marketing harmful addictive products.

The Innocence Lost Production Diary: A six-week reportage project (2013) of my live-drawings following the production of a play from first script reading, to stage lights and costumed rehearsal.

And, In an entirely different vein, I wrote this post: Semantic Dementia and my Stepfather’s Brief Artistic Interpretation as a small bit of encouragement for caregivers who might be looking for activities to do with patients suffering from cognitive decline, and possibly, as a case-study for art therapists.

~thanks, m