Episode 78: Alissa Duke – Anything is sketchable

Alissa is a watercolour pencil artist, urban sketcher & librarian. She has a habit of sketching every day as a way of documenting the moments of her life. She has filled more than a hundred journals since beginning her daily practice and believes that 'anything is sketchable'.

Listen to hear more about:

• Alissa’s habit of sketching something in her journal every day.
• Ideas on the distinction between sketching and drawing.
• How Alissa came to her artistic style.
• Her favourite art tools.
• Switching sketchbooks from landscape to portrait format and how that affects composition.
• Urban sketching and the experience of attending international symposiums.
• Finding nature in parks and gardens within the city.
• Sketching outdoors and interacting with curious onlookers.
• Watercolour pencils and how Alissa uses them.
   

Find out more about Alissa and her work on her website alissaduke.com and her blog. Cards and postcards of Alissa’s work can be found in her Etsy shop.

See images of Alissa’s journal pages on Instagram and Flickr.

If you’d like to learn about the pencils Alissa carries with her every day, you can read a blog post about it here.

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