Seasalt and Serpentine

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Autumn Cliffs

Autumn Cliffs

Process and Play 008

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Melanie Chadwick
Nov 21, 2024
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Hello sketchers,

In today’s session I’ll be sharing with you how I sketch cliffs and in particular how I capture them in the Autumn season.

Welcome to my eight post in the series called PROCESS & PLAY.

Each session I take a closer look at a sketchbook PROCESS, chat through what I’m doing and then invite you to join me to PLAY in your sketchbook.

We’ll firstly take a look at pages from my on location sketchbooks commenting on how I’ve previously tackled sketching cliffs and rocks.

I’ll then share with you some Autumnal colour palettes I like to use in a mix of mediums. We’ll look more closely at shape, value and texture using some photo references from a recent walk.

And then finally working from a a couple more photo refs I’ll demo how I sketch two autumnal cliff scenes in a range of mediums, layering and breaking down the process step-by-step. You’ll have my photo references to use and colour palettes to refer to.

Hopefully you’ll find it enjoyable and apply what we learn to your own sketches.

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