pronounced "Kōsha”
I’m an artist and creative entrepreneur living in the Netherlands. I love drawing and I do it every day. On this website, I hope to inspire you to develop a drawing practice too, because it can make you feel good.
Photo by Rick Keus
You can’t just sit around and wait for an idea to come to you. Picasso said it well: “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”
But the work doesn’t need to feel like “work” - make it as effortless and fun as you can, so you can dive right into the creative flow.
I love using brushpens.
It takes a bit of practicing to draw with a brushpen, so today, let's play with brush, ink and water.
I am not talking about brush markers, which are also great. I am talking about pens that are filled with ink like a fountain pen, but instead of a nib, they have a brush.
I am in the process of writing and publishing a book about drawing: "Life is Better When You Draw (it)".
The core message of the book is how much pure joy drawing brings me, and that you can incorporate that joy into your daily life too.
Today I'd like to show you a sketchbook I filled in November and December last year. It's filled to the brim with daily stuff, adventures, mundane and exciting... and all of it is part of my illustrated story.
If we would all give just one euro, together we could raise €31100 to donate to UNHCR for medical care, nutrition and accommodation for refugees and people in Ukraine.
When you want to capture a bigger scene than for example the mug of coffee in front of you, you might feel overwhelmed by all the information - where to start and how to translate all of it onto your page?
Dedicating a sketchbook to a certain topic or theme could be a great way to give yourself an extra nudge or push or motivation, but it could also become kind of a chore when you isolate that one particular thing in one sketchbook. When you keep a bunch of sketchbooks for several challenges or projects, then that might solve that problem.
This is part 2 in the three-parts series about capturing a bigger scene.
Where do you start, how do you draw a scene that feels kind of overwhelming?
On my Patreon Page, patrons voted for the next Draw Tip Tuesday subject. The option that got the most votes: drawing a Bigger Scene.
There are many ways to do this, so I decided to do this in a three-part series. Today: Part 1.
Today I am showing you a Sketchbook from the archives.
Once I discovered the sketchbook habit (as in, keeping a sketchbook as a visual journal), a lot of things changed for me as an artist.
In last Tuesday’s video I use the continuous line technique; red for the foreground and blue for the background. It made me think of one summer a few years ago, I took this onliner(s) technique a little further.
Today we are working with two colors, representing two layers in our drawing: the foreground and the background. We are drawing with one continuous drawing with each color, so that we keep moving our line and can't get into details or start getting fussy.
Today I am showing you my latest Sketchbook. I finished it at the end of 2021, and it's filled with lockdown selfies and drawings from new angles.
Today I am sharing an edited version of a recorded live online drawing party with the Draw Tip Tuesday Club Members on Patreon.
This multi-day masterclass will take place April 21 tot April 24 2022, in the German country house Waldecken10.
A few weeks ago, my father and I went for a "walk & draw" in his neighborhood. We walked and talked and when we found an interesting spot to draw, we did.
I use my sketchbook as a visual diary, and it gives me ideas to start projects and challenges for myself. What project can you start?
You may have good intentions to draw every day, but you have to do the work. Make it happen. Take the responsibility, instead of blaming circumstances. Drawing makes you happy, so don't skip it. Treat yourself to that time for you and your sketchbook!
In today's sketchbook tour, I am talking about how you can sometimes fall out of love with a sketchbook, before you've finished it.
It's OK. If it doesn't bring you joy anymore, it's a good reason to move on and start fresh.
However, do not give up on a sketchbook just because you feel like you 'messed it up' by making a bad drawing.
