Illustrated journal sketchbooks

In June I departed for three weeks in France. The first part of my adventure was in Paris. Our first day we flew from Los Angeles directly to Paris. We arrived at 10:30 a.m., took a taxi to our apartment, went grocery shopping, set up house...Each day we explored a different district in Paris. Here is a selection of my sketches from my time in Paris. By our second day we were getting tired. We had kept a pretty steady pace since we got off the air plane. Today we covered over 6 miles on foot…

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Last week, I talked about how to Defeat Artist’s Block for Good . If you missed that post, you may want to check it out before reading on. In that article, I mentioned how important it is to keep a list of things to paint . This is one of the best things I’ve done for my creativity. Today, I’m

In order to become a better artist, it's recommended that you keep an art journal…

Recent page in my sketch journal #drawyourday @sdionbaker

In this journal, i draw about my today's day. Of course not of it, it would not fitted :), actually this journal is pretty much how i spend my day :)) Yesterday i actually think to make Donuts today, but as i rise after a series of repeated SNOOZE , i found a plate full of kue TERIPANG (Sea Cucumber Cake ) .. no no no, not really a Sea cucumber , it was a traditional snack of Indonesia, made from fried Glutinous Rise Cake, then coated with melted Palm Sugar Caramel(yummy) then shaped into…

Aug 5, 2019 - Waiting… and observing✏️ #drawing #observationaldrawing #sketch #urbansket… Warten … und beobachten✏️ #Zeichnung #beobachtungszeichnung #skizzieren #urbansketching #Zeichnung

Done in two locations – Boh Tea Centre in Cameron Highlands and Sun Yuan Coffee shop in Ipoh.