Introduce Yourself
Where do you live and what do you?
Have you done much sketching before or are you just starting?
What are your other creative pursuits?
Please include a link to your Flickr account, blog, Facebook page, Instagram, Tumblr etc.
So I’ll go first…
I’m Liz (I think you all know that!)
I live in Sydney, Australia. I’m an architect by profession and worked 20 years on a range of residential and commercial developments, specialising in media projects. I’ve always drawn as part of my work but in 2007 discovered watercolour and started my first daily sketchbook. I haven’t stopped sketching since!
I’m very interested in architectural history and theory and drinking tea out of fancy china teacups… but I’m guessing you all know that too!
You can find me on: Facebook, Flickr, Google+, Instagram and Twitter using the buttons under ‘Connect on Social Media’ in the footer of this website.
Now it’s your turn…
Hi Jenny,
I live in Belair. Are you nearby?
Clarisa
Hi Clarisa, I live in Highgate, which is fairly closely,
Amanda
I’m Carol and I live in Brisbane, Australia. I moved here from South Africa four years ago. I trained as an art teacher but did many other things, including garden landscaping, book illustration and owning a family retail store.
Thankfully I sold my shares in the business to my son and moved here with the aim of making my living from art.
It’s a been an interesting and challenging experience but Australia has been good to me. I teach in my home studio and paint – my own work as well as undertaking commissions of all sorts.
http://www.carolleebeckx.com
http://www.carolleebeckx.blogspot.com.au
http://www.facebook.com/CarolLeeBeckxArtist
And I love Instagram @CAROLBKX
Hi Carol , I am from Durban South Africa, and heading out to Brisbane next week to visit my son
Carol it is nice finding some one else from South Africa here! I am from Cape Town in SA!
Hi, I’m Pat. I live on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound, Washington state, USA – a very rural area! I’ve taken a couple of online sketching classes and am looking forward to this one because I’ve admired Liz’s work for a long time. I like the idea of a concept class.
I have a few friends that live on Whidbey!
Hi Pat, My artist daughter lives in Port Townsend. Also on a boat in Ballard some of the time. I love the area. So different from the East Coast where I live.
Hi Pat. I’m wondering if you are the Pat I know that sketches with WISK. I live in Anacortes.
Hi, I’m Anna and I live in Maui, Hawaii. I am a horticulturist that works with rare native plants. I have drawn and painted most of my life and experiment with various media. I am looking forward to Liz’s sketching class. Nice to meet everyone.
Rare native plants would be fascinating to work with! Do you paint and/or sketch them?
Hi I’m Jenny, I live in Adelaide Australia. I now call myself an Art Student after a long career in education. I work mainly in sculpture, but all forms of art interest me. I did a watercolour sketching workshop earlier this year and want to explore this technique a lot more. You can see some of the sculpture works that the group I am involved with does at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Union-St-Sculptors/746400132067109
Cheers
Jenny
Fascinating stuff Jenny, thanks for sharing the link!
Hi Jenny, Amanda here, I live in Adelaide and have been painting for about 8 yrs mostly in oils. I discovered Liz’s sketch blog when researching how to sketch whilst travelling and love it. I did a watercolour workshop earlier this year too. I wonder if our paths have ever crossed? Because the tools are light and simple I’m sketching a bit at lunchtime in the city
I live in northern California but my husband and I are planning a trip to Australia and New Zealand. We are planning a visit to Adelaide so I can go to Beating Around the Bush at Country Bumpkin. Maybe we can sketch together next fall.