Last month I tried to get you thinking like a pencil and suggested that you see the world as S E T: shapes, edges and tones. Seeing the world in this way helped us disregard the actual objects and enabled us to turn them into pencil-friendly language. We then used this way of looking to produce toned sketches of various scenes. All this is well and good, but sometimes it may not be enough. What if it was colour that attracted you to the scene? What if we need to portray a field of poppies or a stormy sky? This is where a coloured sketch comes into its own and I find that my simple box of watercolours, combined with a pencil, fits the bill exactly.
Equipment
The equipment required for pencil and wash sketching is very minimal. I tend to use a reasonably heavy-weight
