swatches of colours for Toulouse urban sketchers symposium based on the colours suggested by Daniel Smith
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For the Urban Sketching Symposium in Toulouse – how to create colours you don’t have

Daniel Smith published their suggestions for painting Toulouse street scenes during the Urban Sketches Symposium. So I experimented with how to mix these from the colours I already have in my watercolour palette.

urban sketch of a person on the phone with a small poem to convey the story of this Ink and Watercolour Urban Sketch.
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Urban Sketch Portrait with Analogous Colour Palette and Poetry (Day 136)

Day 136 of sketching people. Urban sketch of a woman on the phone, using a bright colour triad and an analogous colour combination. Also added some poetic reportage, and sketched oversized hands to help to create a strong focal point in this composition.

A couple at Bar66 enjoying a sunny afternoon and a couple of drinks. Ink and Watercolour Urban Sketch.
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Urban Sketching People at the Cafe (Day 96)

A quick people sketch at the cafe, and swatching a muted shade of green, that morphed into a beautiful skin tone shade using natural sienna, cobalt turquoise light, and opera pink. I also ruminate on how I sketch people and how they see themselves, and how those are two very different things when I sketch my version of reality.

Urban Sketch at Tavira Plaza Clinic. One person standing at reception and the rest in the waiting room. pencil and ink sketches with watercolour
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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.