Sketchbooks: Drawing the Everyday
Sketchbooks: Drawing the Everyday
Paul Heaston
Develop your drawing skills as you learn to capture the world around you in expressive compositions!
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Become a better pen and ink artist! Learn techniques for capturing the values, textures and contours you see in the world around you.
Capture ordinary scenes in extraordinary sketches. Learn how to simplify busy spaces, sketch perspective intuitively, depict wide-angle views and more.
Incorporate a daily sketching routine into your busy 21st-century life.
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If I had to give you one piece of advice on how to progress as an artist, it would be this: Keep a daily sketchbook.
Most of us probably moved on from crayons after elementary school, but let's not sell these waxy wonders short. With the right techniques and some imagination, you can do plenty with the humble stubs. The best part? Crayons are dirt cheap — even for those massive boxes with dozens of colors you drooled over as a kid. You can draw for months on about $5 or $10 worth of supplies.
Join the discussion! While your instructor may choose to chime in, this space is intended as a maker-to-maker forum.