Sketchbooking with Steve BonDurant

Keeping a small watercolor sketchbook is a great way to improve your observational skills and create for yourself, especially when setting up an easel doesn’t fit your plan. This workshop is for all skill levels, with or without watercolor experience, and is far less formal than a traditional watercolor class. In addition, because the method is exceptionally compact and portable, it’s very conducive to travel and capturing a scene on impulse. It starts with an ink rendering, followed by building values and color with a tiny watercolor kit with water brushes. The subject matter can vary from an outdoor landscape to a tabletop still-life or the interior of a diner or a coffee shop. Each time you commit 30 to 60 minutes to a sketch, you develop your drawing skills and the courage to try renderings of subject matter that you might not pursue when setting up your easel with a…