The Inkspired Life - Sketching & Painting : Inking Out Loud

22 Jul 2023 · 52 min
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In this informal live‑stream, host Jason Nicholas shares a quick, loose sketch of Brooklyn’s historic Domino Sugar Refinery while chatting with his audience. He recounts his recent New York City trip, highlighting visits to the Brooklyn Bridge, the Copper Building, One World Trade Center, and other landmarks. Jason demonstrates his sketching workflow using a Moleskine watercolor journal, a Lockabee field journal, Sharpies, Pilot and Lamy pens, and Art Graph water‑soluble chalks, showing how ink can bleed, be mixed with watercolor, and be applied wet or dry. He explains the refinery’s architectural significance – a historic façade preserved while a new glass‑roofed structure is built inside – and discusses industrial design details such as chimney stacks, brick pilasters, and the building‑within‑a‑building concept. Throughout, he engages with viewers (Cameron, Linda, Jody, Patty, etc.), encourages loose, expressive drawing over precise technical rendering, and shares his perspective as an architecture teacher balancing freelance projects and classroom duties. The stream ends with a call to keep sketching, stay positive, and look forward to future sketches of NYC architecture.

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