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  Sketching Makes Everything Better By Pluralsight on January 25, 2014 The title for this article may not be entirely accurate.  That's right.  It's a little unrealistic to expect sketching to help you fix your car or bake better lasagna.  If you, on the other hand, are an artist, more than likely the simple act of sketching can benefit your work in more ways than you think. For many artists, when the topic of sketching comes up so do a lot of excuses.  There are two heard over and over again.  First, “I'm just not very good at sketching and I don't see the benefit.”  Second, “I just can't figure out how to add time into a project to sketch when the deadline is already short.”  In this article, we'll learn why sketching is important to many different types of artists and how they can expect to see it improve the work they create.  Who Should Sketch?  Everyone should sketch!  Sketching is not only fun but also relaxing if you give yo...

  The term drawing is applied to works that vary greatly in technique. It has been understood in different ways at different times and is difficult to define. During the Renaissance the term 'disegno' implied drawing both as a technique to be distinguished from colouring and also as the creative idea made visible in the preliminary sketch. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary defines drawing as: 'the formation of a line by drawing some tracing instrument from point to point of a surface; representation by lines; delineation as distinguished from painting...the arrangement of lines which determine form.' Despite this insistence on the formation of line and the implied lack of colour, few would deny that a work formed by dots or shading or wholly in line but in a range of colours is a drawing. Talking about drawing Many creative people have stressed the importance of drawing for their work in other media. These quotations give an idea of the function and importance of drawing in...

  Since the rising popularity of Inktober over on Instagram, October has become synonymous with the art of drawing. We feel it’s a good time to reflect on some of the best drawing related blog posts that have featured here over the years. From ink to pastel, colour to monochrome, our in house and guest writers have provided useful information and celebrated drawing materials of every kind. We hope you enjoy revisiting some of the drawing articles we have listed.   Testing a new concertina sketchbook with Peony Gent Peony Gent  provides a comprehensive review of the  Moleskine concertina sketchbook , trying out a variety of media including  Sennelier soft pastel ,  Caran d’Ache’s Neocolour II watercolour crayons ,  Jackson’s Indian ink  and  Stabilo’s Woody 3 in 1s . The post illustrates how these materials adhere to the surface this sketchbook provides, as well as taking a glimpse at Peony’s characterful drawings.   Read Testing a new co...

  Slow progress is sometimes the best of all.  When I paint it is usually with a large flurry of  paint, gesture, mark - making. It doesn't matter sometimes what comes first so it is okay to just let loose with acryclic. Then there are those other times when you have to slow down and that is not a bad thing. Oil painting is one such process. I have to down look more, think more. That has been the case with the last two paintings. I started on at the same time.. One is still waiting for more judgement. The one is progressing to the point. I can show it. It may not be totally finished. Sometimes there is a little more finese needed in the paint surface, or a darker a line to be made that I will discover a little later. I have even turned it all around , it could be hung in about any direction, especially since it is a square.