Hi there, I’m Koosje!

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

Sketchbook Tour: Workshop, Woods, and Home

Sketchbook Tour: Workshop, Woods, and Home

Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!

I'm sharing an A4 Hahnemühle Nostalgie sketchbook, packed with memories.

It starts with an online Mini Workshop* I hosted, all about greens. Then pages full with drawings done on a sketching workshop in Germany with a great group of people. When we played with twigs and ink in the woods, I learned the "drag and slap" technique, which one of the participants invented right then and there.


There are also drawings back home and even at my desk.

Click the image to watch the video

What I love most about flipping through a sketchbook like this is how every page brings back a different moment, a conversation, a sound, a feeling. Some pages are polished, some are unfinished, and I'm OK with both.

Videos I mentioned in today's video:

📺 Drawing with sticks and ink part 1

📺 Drawing with sticks and ink part 2

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*Join my next live online session, September 15

How I Sketch Overwhelming Scenes (Step by Step)

How I Sketch Overwhelming Scenes (Step by Step)