Sketchbook Flipthrough from Italy

Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!

Let’s flip through my sketchbook.

In today's video, I’m sharing all the pages from the A4 Hahnemühle Nostalgie sketchbook I filled during my Italy workshop trip.

You’ll see drawings made in cafes, on the street, at the market, and even on a paper placemat when I grabbed the wrong sketchbook and had to improvise.

I walk you through how I made one of the drawings step by step, and talk about making choices, simplifying, and editing what you see.
You’ll get a peek into my process and inspiration, and II share how I draw during travel, with friends, and from reference photos.
There’s collage, color play, experiments, unfinished pages, and lots of sketchbook joy.

Here's your assignment for this week:

• Pick a place to draw from observation. It can be a cafe, your kitchen, a bunch of reference photos to combine into one drawing.

• Don't copy everything you see, but make choices instead.
  Shift elements around to create a new composition.

• Let go of accuracy. Play and edit. Have fun!

If you’re curious about the snippets approach that I mention in the video, you can watch it here.

To join the upcoming Paris workshop (that would be awesome!) go here.

The book by Cynthia Morris that I mentioned is called Her Lisbon Colors. It's a wonderful novel for anyone who loves travel and art. You can order it here.