Sketchbooks - Choosing Artist's Sketchbooks Sketchbooks are the artist's constant companion, repositories of our observation and thought. Here are my pick of the best sketchbooks, covering a range of media and purposes. You're sure to find one to suit you. 1. You can't go wrong with a sketchbook like this. 2. photo courtesy Blick Art Materials Bliss. 3. If you like to tear the occasional page out to give to a friend (or file in the trashcan!) 4. courtesy Blick Art Materials HandBook Journals are really beautiful, a definite favorite. 5. Not prettily bound but with a durable, medium-surface, heavier paper, the Strathmore Dry Media Pads have a slightly heavier paper, at 100 lb / 163 gsm. 6. A simple, functional sketchbook, the Carnet de Voyage contains 15 sheets of Arches 140lb / 300 gsm Cold Pressed (rough) watercolor paper. 7. Ok, so it isn't strictly speaking a sketchbook, its a sketch pad.
Learn How to Draw Learn how to draw what you see, with these step by step beginner drawing lessons. Discover essential drawing skills from how to hold a pencil through to perspective, pencil shading, and sketching. Progress into portraiture and figure drawing. Learn About Drawing Mediums You can start learning how to draw with just some scrap paper and a number two pencil. Getting Started - First Drawing Lessons These drawing exercises take you through exploring your medium, learning how to follow lines in space, follow contours and explore three-dimensional form. Structure and Perspective To learn how to draw a realistic object, you first have to learn to see and understand structure and perspective. Value / Tone and Shading Learning to use value (also called tone, or tonal value) - light and shade - in your drawing - requires a slightly different approach to contour drawing. Sketching Keeping a sketchbook is considered essential by most artists, for many reasons. Figure Drawing Portraiture Pen, Ink and Wash
LINKS to ARTISTS' SKETCHBOOKS ONLINE - PAGE 1 1000 Hours of Drawing (Taylor O) sketchbooks | sketch 1000 JOURNALS PROJECT (Someguy) 8861 miles collabration of 2 danish artists, one (Peter) living in Denmark and the other living in Australia (Lene) 8861 miles apart... Chicago, sketchbook, copyright © 2011 Susan Abbott Susan Abbott: A Painter's Year • sketchbook Travel Sketchbooks sketches of "Hans Blix" © 2009 Sigmund Abeles Scattergood, "Just got lost in your sketchbook images, I draw almost every night from live TV, usually from The Charlie Rose Show and will send you some..." Sigmund Abeles: Homepage Late Night Self Portrait , conte © 2009 Sigmund Abeles LSD drawings #1 and #8, © 2012 cowboybooks Josh watching WALL E © 2009 Adebanji Alade Adebanji Alade | tube/train sketches • My Passion for Sketching • The People I Sketch Everyday • flickr: adebanji's photostream New Baroque Airplane , © 2011 Mattias Adolfsson Mattias Adolfsson: Inks blog sketchbook page © 2009 Afriboy (Orokie's Art) Afriboy | African Male Erotic Art Tokala and Aiyani H. Auria Mr.
How to Think of What to Draw: 23 steps (with pictures) Edit Article Edited by Dvortygirl, Laptop123, Nicole Willson, Random and 41 others Have you been inspired to draw, including getting inspiration from famous artists, or are just doing it for fun? Drawing can often be fun, but sometimes it can be hard to think of ideas for what to draw. Well, don't worry about that -- there are many, many different ideas - just read this article to find out what they are. Ad Steps 1Doodle. 21Look back through old sketchbooks for ideas. Tips Don't be afraid to try something new or make something up as you go. Warnings While there's nothing wrong with drawing from a photograph to practice, keep in mind that you may not be able to publish the result if you don't hold the copyright or have permission.
Sketchbook By Scott Brundage Somewhat bizzare, but completely brilliant is just a couple of ways to describe the sketchbook of New York based artist Scott Brundage. Where can you find more by Scott? Behance of course! Find this post useful? Check out these: How to draw guide - learn how to draw Beautiful Examples of Moleskine Art - Smashing Magazine Advertisement More than quick sketches and drawings, Moleskine art can encompass mixed media and even digital art. The imperfect lines, smudges and wrinkles give it dimension and raw honesty that more than ever are sought by digital artists and implemented in software. Regardless of any advancement in technology, pen and paper will always be the number once choice for any budding artist or seasoned illustrator. No theme or medium is ever neglected for the Moleskine treatment if the mood strikes the artist, spawning art like no other. Moleskine Art Sketches and Drawings Resources SkineartSociety dedicated to Moleskine art, with many contributors.Flickr Sketch Book Style GroupFlickr Photo pool.Flickr Subway Illustrations Great source for inspiration.Flickr Sketch GroupAnother great website for inspiration.Flickr Urban Views Another great website for inspiration.Flickr More Flickr groups.Moleskinerie (al) It's done. Leave a Comment Yay!
Learn How to Draw - Step by step lessons and videos architect painter joshi The Essentials of Drawing Feeling artistic? Drawing can be a great way to express your creativity. Less messy than paints, drawing is the backbone to any art project. Here you'll find essential drawing tips and important insight to help you improve your artistic abilities. Discovering the Joys of Drawing Drawing can bring extraordinary and unexpected dimensions to your life. The Design Elements of Composing a Drawing Composition refers to the organization, arrangement, and combination of objects within the borders of a drawing space. Graphite Drawing Pencil Grades Graphite drawing pencils are essential drawing tools because they have a variety of grades and work well in all styles of drawing. Drawing Geometric Perspective Geometric perspective (sometimes called linearperspective) makes subjects in a drawing look like they recede into distant space, appearing smaller the farther they are away from you. Drawing Light and Shadows Light and shadows visually define objects. A Simple Way to Draw the Head
Sketchbook Secrets: 50 Beautiful Sketchbook Scans The sketchbook is—to borrow a term from the new millenniums’ popular discourse—an artist’s BFF. It’s a diary for the visually inclined—a place where artists can most comfortably explore their personal thoughts, work out their visual needs, practice, maintain a visual history, and hopefully create the unpolished work that will eventually lead to amazing work for the world to see. But, sometimes, when we’re lucky, we get to see the process. Below are 50 beautiful sketchbook scans from 35 talented artists. Allen Sutton Mattias Adolfsson Laura More Amore David Fullarton Irena Zablotska Rafael Bertone Alena Lavdovskaya Beka Pkhakadze Christian Borku David Sossella f1x Grino Anna Rusakova Hanna Viktorsson Ignacio Veiga Irina Vinnik Jenkins Jenkins Jose Domingo Betancur Gomez Joshua Philippe Julia-Grigorieva Katia Petrunina Kyle Letendre L Filipe dos Santos Luishock Mamz Hu Michael Murdock Nacho-Yague Nicolas Cuestas Ooli razead Roger Haus Sabine ten Lohuis Taylor White Timothy Duong Trevor Henry Yissus Galiana Author: Shane Ward
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