Sketchbook Tour: Bathing in Colour

Using the same palette for a series of drawings

A limited palette used for a series of drawings capturing my train journey from London to Paris.

Hi all

Hope all well. It’s nearly the end of March so here’s a closer look at colour in my sketchbooks. This month I’m zooming in on when I have chosen a palette for a holiday or series of drawings. Since making the video below I’ve realised that I’d been thinking about these blues and yellows for a while!

From my camera roll: collage in the corner of a sketchbook, a drawing of a runner at the Oxford Half Marathon, two things in the V&A shop.

At the end of the post there’s an extra video tour of a sketchbook I made for my MA Graduation Exhibition exploring contrast and colour between page turns.

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Here’s the video

Key points

• The great thing about a limited palette is that it helps me get on with drawing. It’s interesting to use it over a series of drawings to see how the different quantities affect mood.

• I need time to warm up and am more confident as the drawings go on.

• A look at some new palette ideas I’ve found in a book of Hokusai prints.