My favorite tools for botanical illustration 🌿
The art supplies I use again and again in my practice.😊
I talk a bit more about them inside the Botanical Sketchbook Club.
Link in bio🤍
#botanicalillustration #botanicaldrawing #sketchbookpractice
#artsupplies #naturejournal
An iPad mockup displaying a digital sketchbook page with four small thumbnail lettering sketches of the phrase “let the slow season do their work,” each in a different style.
One of my favorite sketchbook practices is working through the same words/letters in a variety of styles.
Do you have a favorite? I do!
#sketchbookpractice
#letteringartist
#creativeprocess
Single image of an iPad resting on a wooden bench, displaying a digital sketchbook page. The page shows four unfinished hand-lettered versions of the quote “make room for new inspiration,” each in a different style and layout, with visible texture and character.
A look into my digital sketchbook for everyone making room for the new this year.
5 words, 4 ways: Make room for new inspiration.
#handlettering #letteringprocess #sketchbookpractice
🌞 Scribbling, playing with colors, and working on little fun projects — this is where my inner child feels truly happy. No rules, no pressure, just pure creative joy 🤍🎨
#sketchbookpractice
#sketchbookart
#InnerChildJoy #CreativePlay #ScribbleArt ArtForJoy CreativeProcess PlayWithColors ArtTherapy
A colored pencil sketch of yellow, orange and red fall foliage on a dark blue background.
The final day of my 7 day sketchbook challenge, some color this time! I love how the leaves are turning such #bright colors!
#blueskyartshow #drawing #art #asketchaday #adrawingaday #sketchbook #sketchbookpractice #coloredpencil #fall #fallleaves
We belong to each other.
#illustration #gouacheillustration #sketchbookpractice #wearenature #communitycare #interconnection
A sketchbook pen scribble of two children playing in a sandbox on blue and brown paper
Catching up on my sketchbook challenge. A drawing a day : day 5. My son and my nephew playing in the sandbox
#adrawingaday #asketchaday #sketchbook #sketchbookpractice #pendrawing #artsky #sketch #drawing
A drawing a day: day 4. A fern
#sketchdaily #asketchaday #drawingpractice #sketchbook #sketchbookpractice
Halloween was a little busy with trick or treating and all so I didn't have time to sketch, so we will pick up with day 3 which is this quick scribble of my son and my nephew playing at the water table. #asketchaday #artsky #drawing #pendrawing #sketchbook #sketchbookpractice
Want to sketch your travels but not sure how to start?
Here are the key things I wish I'd known when I was starting my travel sketching journey.
Plus, download my travel sketching checklist to help you put together your own kit!
#travelsketching #sketchbookpractice #watercolour
Art has helped me get better at letting go of perfectionism and taught me how to play. It helped me make local connections when I moved to Spain, and bright colours bring me so much joy!
What motivates you to keep picking up your paintbrush?
#art #urbansketching #watercolour #sketchbookpractice
SF Dahlia garden is such an inspiring place! Dahlias are so beautiful but I decided to sketch a little landscape scene. I think I’ll practice more on flowers at home since I took so many pictures! #sketchbook #illustration #sketchbookpractice
Standing ovation to @baileychristinestudios' awesome stencils, I had so much fun drawing Mr. Crocodile! I got creative with old makeup sponges, inks, and markers. #kidlitillustration #sketchbookpractice #mixedmedia #characterstudy #scbwiillustrators
A thumbnail for my latest YouTube video, featuring a photo of my hand drawing tiny houses in a small sketchbook on my desk, with a candle and a coffee cup in the background, and the full sketchbook spread in the foreground. Text says: "Draw & chill with me".
There's a new little vlog on my YouTube channel! 💛
Hello August ✨☕️📔 Cosy Sketchbook Vlog, New Fountain Pen & Baking on a Rainy Day
🎞️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCrdY5f5GKs
#illustration #art #studiovlog #artvlog #sketchbookvlog #sketchbook #sketchbookpractice #cosyvlog
Tried drawing cats while watching a fun session by @londondrawinggroup + @emmacarlisle_. Some look like cats… others like seals or owls. Still, I had fun! Not every page is great, but that’s how we learn. Make the mess. Keep going. #embracethewonkiness #sketchbookpractice
People often think I don’t like pencil. Not true. I love it! I even have one tattooed on my leg.
What I don’t love is the eraser. It makes you focus on “fixing mistakes” instead of the fun.
Ditch it, embrace the wonkiness, and just have fun hatching and layering. Play! #sketchbookpractice
What I've been up to lately 🌊🪸🪼🦭🐚🎨 #kidlitillustration #illustration #sketchbookpractice #mixedmedia #oilpastel #coloredpencils #gouache #watercolor #sketchbookart #scbwiillustrators #californiacoast
Sketchbook study of Woodbine Beach boardwalk
Went for a little bike ride to Woodbine Beach! There was a volleyball tournament happening... Which suddenly ended and then there were hundreds of people walking at me. I packed up and scittered away.
#urbandrawing #sketchbookpractice @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social #kidlitart
I don’t care (I love it) #abstractart #mixedmediaart #sketchbookpractice #creativeprocess #markmaking #mixedmediajournal #artsky
From a recent sketchbook page,
This one leaned into atmosphere and blur. Trying to say more by doing less. This is watercolor.
#sketchbookpractice #watercolorportrait #headstudy #processnotproduct #paintingthefigure
Just messing with water soluble oil pastels and skewers and ended up with these super fluffy feathers 🪶 #illustration #kidlitillustration #sketchbookpractice #oilpastel #newartsuppliesmakemehappy #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbookpages
Happy Friday!
I’m celebrating an early start of the weekend this afternoon by sipping coldbrew while drawing the view in sunny Amersfoort.
How will you celebrate the weekend?
#lifeisbetterwhenyoudrawit #urbansketchers #urbansketch #drawingonlocation #sketchbookpractice #caffeinatedartist
Traveling this summer with others? It can be tricky to find sketching time, but it's not an extra, it’s part of how you travel!
Get my guide for drawing on the go now on Patreon.
👉 www.patreon.com/posts/131378...
#travelsketching #drawyourday #sketchbookpractice
It’s an excellent practice for seeing what’s really important, when drawing.
Try it! It’ll only take you 8 minutes.
#selfie #sketchbookpractice #drawingpeople #everythingisinterestingwhenyoudrawit #lifeisbetterwhenyoudrawit #embracethewonkiness
Hi (Few Old Sketches)
One of my “newer” notebooks—mostly empty, but I’m filling it up to challenge my perfectionist streak 😂
These are in realism, but I love experimenting across styles: Manhwa, anime, cartoons—you name it.
#SketchbookPractice #OldSketches #TraditionalArt
