Drawing, sketching, and painting tips, especially for your art journal or diary, “morning pages,” sketchcrawls, travel journals, and more.
To accurately review Mont Marte watercolors, I did a quick sketch (using a fine-point Sharpie pen) and then painted over it using the paints and brushes in the watercolor set. (I gave a larger set a five-star review, also posted below. Except that the set doesn’t include enough shades of purple, these are fun watercolor
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I kind of love these. Here’s a thorough, 10-minute tutorial. And here’s his webpage with lots more info about his daily monsters projects: Stefan G. Bucher’s Daily Monsters Project.
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Are you looking for drawing and painting ideas? Want to know what to draw in your art journal? Here’s one very cute approach to art. Thanks to Jane Davenport, it can be easy, too. Jane Davenport has inspired many people to create elegant and charming illustrations in their art journals. She’s made this easy with
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Maps, cityscapes, landscapes… they’re not just for travel journals. There are many ways you can include them in your personal art journals, too. If you’d like to create fine art abstract landscapes in your artists journal, I think Cathy Mevik’s demo will inspire you. If you’re not a painter, don’t let this scare you; I
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This 12-minute video is from Danny Gregory’s Sketchbook Club, showing the progress of “Moonlight Chronicles” art with Dan Price. I think it’s a wonderfully inspiring example of how you can share your art journaling with others. https://youtu.be/B_J3Re04cHg Here’s a 35-minute video showing where Dan Price lives and works, in an underground, kind of Hobbit-ish home.
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Need a quick jolt of inspiration for your art journaling? These brief videos can help… a lot! Danny Gregory is an icon of art journaling. His artists journals were among the first to go viral, starting with his art journaling website and his books, including The Creative License – Giving Yourself Permission to Be the
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The good news is, the next announced sketchcrawl is October 16th. (See my notes from my July 2009 sketchcrawl.) Right now, I’m on the fence. The email I rec’d from SketchCrawl.com was very different from the fun, wide-open, no-rules announcements of the past. First, there was this message from that site: – A key thing,
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A sketchcrawl is a full-day of sketching or drawing in a journal, or on some other art materials such as paper, canvas, etc. It’s usually part of a stroll, alone or with a group, looking at scenery at or near a specific destination. Sketchcrawl Supplies It’s best to use whatever sketching supplies you’re most comfortable with. They
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