ROVING JAY

My sketch for Boatober 2025 Day 17 and how I created harmony between the sky, water, and foliage.

My sketch for Boatober 2025 Day 16 with step by step assessments for the pencil, ink, and watercolour stages.

My sketches for Boatober 2025 Day 15. Still being challenged by the water, but skies and composition are getting there.

My sketches for Boatober 2025 Day 11 to 14, some key learnings about making sure to highlight the focal point.

A day out at the Vila Real beach fair to sketch people, and using it to learn what art tools I actually need in my urban sketching kit.

Sketching often is the only way we’re going to improve. So here’s one tips from me and Jo about how we go about it.

My 2 sketches for Boatober 2025 Day 10, where the boat is a prop between a dramatic sky and beach.

My 2 sketches for Boatober 2025 Day 9, and my experimentation with using a limited palette.

My 2 sketches for Boatober 2025 Day 8, and my experimentation with splattering watercolour for skies.

My first 7 days of Boatober 2025 showcasing the 2 different versions I’ve created and what I’ve learned so far

Some ideas and inspiration for creating interesting sketchbook page layouts when urban sketching people.

Urban Sketching during our trip to Turkey. In Istanbul, and at the beaches and cafes of Bodrum. Also sketched during a windy ferry ride to Datca. All Ink Sketches, no Watercolour.

My practice sketches for creating ink and wash bougainvillea in vibrant watercolour.

Here’s how to use a Colour Triad to create colour harmony in a complex beach scene.

Travel Urban Sketching at Lisbon Airport and a scene from my hotel window in Istanbul. Pen and Ink sketches.

Come along with me to Cabanas fishing boat jetty as I explore how to simplify some complex shapes in ink and watercolour.

Sketching seagulls from life isn’t easy. So I think it’s best to capture their character with a loose sketching style. I sketched them walking on the sand at low tide, and dive-bombing the fish that the fisherman were throwing into the water. All Sketching in ink and watercolour.

Want to loosen up your sketching lines? Here’s some simple tips to help beginning sketchers build this skillset.

August 19th Drawing with Dylan live speed sketching event. Portrait poses ranging from 30 seconds to 6 minutes which I sketched in ink and watercolour.

Speed Sketching Portraits for the Drawing with Dylan live event on August 12th 2025. Portrait poses ranging from 30 seconds to 6 minutes which I sketched in ink and watercolour. Vibrant portraits because I decided to use up the paint puddles from a swatching session earlier in the day. Sometimes it’s good to mess around with expressive colour.

Tonight’s Drawing with Dylan live speed sketching event. Portrait poses ranging from 30 seconds to 6 minutes which I sketched in ink and watercolour.

Doug Jackson boat tutorial exploring the use of different weights of ink lines to create depth.

Putting Perdo Lureiro’s sketching tips into practice on a couple of sketches I did during my trip to London. Loose ink and watercolour sketches of Borough Market and Tower Bridge. Leaving out more than I put in.

First attempts at capturing the Cabanas fishing jetty and local seagulls in a fast and loose sketching style.