Crafts: Sketchbook
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Learning To Draw Simple Botanical Borders
It has now been more than a month since I started seriously filling up the pages in my sketchbook, and the process has been truly amazing. I have roughly another 29 pages yet to fill, so within a month or so I can buy a new sketchbook and start another journey, this time from scratch,…
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Three Simple Ways To Fix Sketchbook Mistakes
One of the things that always kept me from really delving into a sketchbook practice was that I was afraid of making mistakes, yes indeed! Of course I make mistakes all the time, but in the case of a sketchbook those mistakes would be stuck in the sketchbook forever, as one does not tear out…
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Learning To Draw Simple Botanicals
I am happy to say that my sketchbook endeavors are consistent, and I am slowly but surely filling up a sketchbook that has been sitting half empty for 20 plus years! I started on May 18th and have now completed 46 pages, phew! Okay the pages aren’t filled with brilliant art, but rather simple botanical…
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Learning To Draw Simple Flowers
My sketchbook practice has been neither consistent nor significant, and yet time and time again I find myself wishing that I could just start a daily creative practice in a sketchbook or art journal. On May 18th, 2020, not sure what happened exactly, but the planets apparently shifted and I started sketching in sketchbook that…
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Drawing Wild Poppies
A natural outcome for a creative person who loves to take nature walks is to start sketching all that amazing inspiration, a much quicker alternative to painting I might add! So, since I have just shared with you photos of the lovely red poppies native to Northern Israel, I thought I’d share with you the…
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Sketchbook Practice Tips From A Novice
If you are like me, you drool at the sight of sketchbooks filled with lovely and creative paintings or illustrations, and you just aren’t sure how to get there yourself. Well I can tell you one thing: dreaming about it won’t get you there, but owning a sketchbook and a few basic supplies and then…
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A Peek Inside My New Landscape Format Sketchbook
I just love the idea of a creative practice that involves a sketchbook, or even multiple sketchbooks and while I have yet to actually develop a consistent sketchbook routine, there is always hope? I am starting to realize that patience and persistence are key when it comes to developing yourself or your skills, be it…
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A Peek In My Sketchbook
Summer is almost here, which means it is time to start a new creative practice, even if just for a few months. I suggest getting a sketchbook and working in it daily, whether it be drawing, painting, writing and drawing, collage, you name it. There is something about a sketchbook that just works for so…
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A Peek In My Sketchbook
At long last this past summer I started working in a sketchbook in an attempt to go out of my comfort zone, and while it wasn’t easy (on account of the fear of making bad art that is then stuck in a book…) I was thrilled with my progress. It took a good month, and…
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In My Sketchbook: Drawing Succulents With Markers
Dear Readers, I think the time has finally arrived, not only to start being consistent with the creative practice of keeping a sketchbook, but also sharing some of the results with you! Truthfully all the illustrators that I admire keep really great sketchbooks, so I realize that there must be something to it! I started…