Morning class, this week I’ve been in the North Coast of Corsica exploring the Island. When I’m walking around the streets of any new town or city, I always carry a small sketchbook in my backpack and a couple of tonal sketching pens, trying to keep my kit as simple and minimal as possible.

I was walking through the old town of Bastia when I came across this beautiful tranquil garden with these fabulous ornamental pillars and wrought iron gates.

Often when you're out on location, you develop a series of drawings that build on each other. So I did a quick 15minute plein air black pen drawing to get the information down in my sketchbook, and then when I got back to my studio, I spent more time developing a sepia pen sketch and working up a watercolour

The pens I use for this sketch are:

Pilot GTecC4 Black
Muji Gel Ink 0.5mm Ballpoint Pen Black
Tombow ABT N75 Dual Brush Pen Cool Grey 3
Pentel Brush Pen Black (Waterproof Ink)

Sketchpad

Hand Book Journal Company Travelogue Watercolour Journal
200gsm AcidFree Watercolour Paper Cold Pressed (Not) Texture Finish
10.5 × 8.5 inch Portrait Format

For the Sepia Sketch:
Pentel Brush Pen Sepia Ink (Watersoluble)
Pentel Aquash Water Brush Pen
Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic Titanium White

Watercolour Paper

Saunders Waterford CP (Not) Surface watercolour paper.
Made using 100% cotton. Weight: 300gsm (140lb) White
CP Cold Pressed
Not 'Not Hot Pressed' so it has a slight texture to the paper

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Extra Materials
Small Round Synthetic brush

Watercolours

Winsor & Newton Cotman Travel Kit with a mix of Cotman and Winsor & Newton Artist 1/2 pans

Cadmium Yellow Pale
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Red Pale Hue
Burnt Sienna
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Permanent Alizarin Crimson
Sap Green
Winsor Green (Blue Shade) same as Phthalo Green Blue Shade

For more lessons on Urban Sketching:

Beginners Urban Sketching Course
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Music Credits:
modum by Kai Engel Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0)
Oecumene Sleeps by Kai Engel Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0)
July Kai by Engel Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0)
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Train by Sergey Cheremisinov 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0)
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