78: Creating Art Outdoors: Urban Sketching and Plein Air Painting

Mike Hendley shares a sketchbook tour on Instagram and talks about some of his entries in his perpetual journal. Mike visits a local tulip festival to create some sketchbook entries outside. Inspired by the outdoor experience, Mike does an overview of his current plein air/urban sketching set-up. He covers everything from where to sit, what tools work and how to set up the best creative experience outdoors. Easels, sketchbooks, paints and brushes and so much more are covered in this episode. Sketchbook tour IG reel (part 1, part 2) Magnolia  Fiddleheads Tulips Canadian Tulip Festival Christel (@artsbychristel on IG) Bee Umbrella (on Amazon) Walkstool James Gurney Easel James Gurney on Drawing Inspiration Manfrotto Tripod Stablo Etchr sketchbook Hannemuhle watercolor book Pentalic Casein paint Pentel Graphgear 1000 Tenwin eraser Tombow Mono eraser Blue tack Sailor pen Carbon ink France van Stone on Drawing Inspiration Rosemary & Co Escoda Versatil Pentel Water brush ===== How to reach Mike Hendley ===== MikeHendley.com  Instagram @Mike_Hendley  Twitter @MikeHendley Show notes at DrawingInspiration.fm ===== Support the Podcast ===== Support "Drawing Connections" on Substack Buy Me a Paintbrush if you like the show or my work Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Share the podcast with friends and family Podcast theme music is “Acid Jazz” By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/