A technique for improving your art, and for most anything you do, is LB/NT – Like Best/Next Time. Look at every sketch, especially the sketches that just don’t work out to your liking, and ask two questions. What do I like best about how this turned out? (“Nothing” is not an option.) What would I…
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TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Take notice of the insignificant. “Taking the time to note the character of the less prominent landmarks is a habit… It is only common in three groups of people… artists, experienced soldiers, and indigenous peoples… take time to sketch…” The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, by Tristian Gooley The less prominent landmarks are often…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
There is no magic pencil – or pen, or marker, or brush – art is a process of repeated iterations. My name is theTravelsketcher and I am a Niffler when it comes to shiny new art stuff. Unpacking my art things from storage and from France makes it clear that I have more unused, or…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
A pencil is good for more than just laying out a sketch, with ink it works well for shade. I use a Blackwing and a 5mm 4B in a lead holder.
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Don’t apologize or use disclaimers (excuses). “I just did a quick sketch.” This is a phrase I see quite often in posts, but I know that what tempts me to use that phrase is the sense that what I sketched is not very good and I hope I will be forgiven for it not being…
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