Inspiration
Learning objectives
■ Essential colours in a watercolour palette
■ Techniques for sketching in line and wash
■ Inspiration for filling your own sketchbook
Ink line and watercolour wash is one of my favourite ways of recording in a sketchbook, and certainly the quickest way of getting a full account of what I am seeing. It needs a little more kit than just using dry media, like pencil and my fine liners, but there's a lot of enjoyment to be had when your markmaking capacity is extended in this way.
I carry a Winsor & Newton sketchers' box with me on sketching expeditions (or just generally; you never know when something might call out). There are 12 colours, which I top up regularly with Student quality paint from Winsor & Newton Cotman tubes. Artists' quality would probably stand me in better stead, anddoing that by choosing complementary colour pairings. My colours are:
