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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay

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POCKET SKETCHING IS designed for both beginners and the advanced artist. Beginners can follow each episode and enjoy the fun of success, while the advanced artist finds a fast, totally portable, compact technique that goes anywhere. Each episode demonstrates a new skill. Nothing is threatening: the supplies are few, and everything's compact and portable with no clean-up. Pocket Sketching demonstrates how one can capture magic on paper in 25 minutes or less.

Episodes:

• People Near and Far

  Sketching people in the distance is incredibly easy. Kath demonstrates how to make a 'good one' stand out in a crowd. When using small size paper there is no need for perfection of detail such as hands, ears and facial features, and even faces. Also, a conversation on how to get people in public to willingly 'pose' for you.

  Next Airing:	Tue, May 13th, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	3/6/2025 to 3/4/2028

• Props and People

  Kath herself imitates what a person up close can look like when trying to sketch them. She discusses the importance of props and what the person is doing, how you can see the proportions, and where and how to begin.

  Next Airing:	Tue, May 20th, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	3/13/2025 to 3/11/2028

• Outside in a Parking Lot

  This episode's sketch is done in a parking lot outside, showing how you move the elements to be used into a pleasing design, emphasizing what you want instead of accepting it as the camera would.

  Next Airing:	Tue, May 27th, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	3/20/2025 to 3/18/2028

• Getting The Point of the Cactus

  This demonstration illustrates is the major use for Pocket Sketching, furthering the reason equipment is compact, portable, with no clean up. It can be used wherever you go, even outside next to a cactus!

  Next Airing:	Tue, Jun 3rd, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	3/27/2025 to 3/25/2028

• The 'Why' of Pocket Sketching

  There are no rules and no expectations for quality of work with Pocket Sketching. Instead, the only demand is the pleasure of creating, learning, and relaxing. Kath demonstrates that the goal is not to replicate, but to record what you think you see using lines and wash drawings.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Jun 10th, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	1/2/2025 to 1/1/2028

• The Basics of Pocket Sketching

  Kath demonstrates a lot of the techniques she uses when sketching, and how best to keep things portable and mobile to fit every scenario.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Jun 17th, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	1/9/2025 to 1/8/2028

• Sketching Equipment and Tips

  Kath demos each piece of equipment, why it is selected and how to use it. Kath shares an unusual way to politely repel interference, how to use your bag as an easel and how to unload it for use, then reload it very quickly without ever putting anything down. And, how to use the pen and brush for wash drawings and how to access your 'chi' in your sketches.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Jun 24th, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	1/16/2025 to 1/15/2028

• Travel Sketching

  Kath illustrates a different experience when sketching while traveling: slowing down to truly 'see' in a meditative state. Also, Kath discusses the importance of limiting your time of execution to keep your work fresh and your interest peaked.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Jul 1st, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	1/23/2025 to 1/22/2028

• The Permanent Pen, Dilute Paint, and Using a Large Pad

  Kath explains how a permanent pen can be used for very quick sketches that still provoke memory. Also, the use of dilute paint as a medium is explored, and how one would utilize a larger pad of paper.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Jul 8th, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	1/30/2025 to 1/29/2028

• Fear and Fixing It

  Kath talks about the fear of not doing perfect work, fear of being seen to not be 'a good painter', fear of the overwhelmingly complex outdoor world, and how to cancel them all to simply have a great time and revel in a "It doesn't matter" mentality.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Jul 15th, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	2/6/2025 to 2/5/2028

• Stuck Inside

  Kath shows what to sketch when you can't go outdoors, ways to 'see' outdoors and things to do indoors, and how to put items together to make a "still life" when they are not in context.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Jul 22nd, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	2/13/2025 to 2/12/2028

• Sketching Buildings

  Kath illustrates the change of perspective if your eye level changes. Since the goal is to sketch and not create an architectural photograph, free hand is adequate without a ruler.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Jul 29th, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	2/20/2025 to 2/19/2028

• Time to Decorate!

  Kath plays with the freedom to exaggerate. See her work with unlimited color and distortion, and see the difference a frame makes in presentation and your self-evaluation of your finished sketch.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Aug 5th, 2025 at 3:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	2/27/2025 to 2/26/2028

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