Tag: Colour Triad
Urban Sketching People and Experimenting with Backgrounds and Collage (Day 52)
Day 52 of 365 Days of Sketching People. A couple of urban sketches of people in Tavira, and the sketches I did while attending two tutorials about sketching people with distorted proportions and perspectives.
Urban Sketching People at the Tavira Plaza and Experimenting with a Vivid Colour Triad (Day 51)
Day 51 of sketching people and portraits at a local clinic. Using gesture sketches, and added ink lines and watercolour. Created colour harmony with a vivid colour triad opera pink, hansa yellow light, and phthalo blue. Used the colour to create a visual hierarchy within the page layout.
Refining my Watercolour Palette for 2026 (Dec 2025)
Refining my urban sketchers watercolour palette for 2026, by replacing Indigo Blue with Cobalt Blue. Exploring the way to mix replacements for my premixed greens. Discovering if I really have a use for my Phthalo Green.
Day 9 of 365 Days of Sketching People in Ink and Watercolour Challenge
On Day Nine of the #Kick365 sketching challenge, I focused on a portrait from the Drawing Earthsworld Challenge. I used a triad of Opera Rose, Indian Red, and Cobalt Turquoise Light for skin tones. The outcome was a range of subtle colours with pleasing granulation
Simplifying a Beach Scene for an Urban Sketch using a Colour Triad
Here’s how to use a Colour Triad to create colour harmony in a complex beach scene.
