Starting From Scratch in Your Sketchbook

At the 2014 New England SCBWI conference, I taught a workshop with fellow author/illustrator, Russ Cox. Our workshop was titled “Sketchbooks are Awesome!”
Why? Because they are.
Both Russ and I have had rewarding career experiences through sharing our sketchbooks and we wanted to stress how important it is to draw every day…How, no matter what, you should set a little time aside for yourself. You might not always make something worth loving, or sharing, but drawing in a sketchbook is like writing in a journal. “Getting it out” is both therapeutic AND a way to become a better artist.
We wanted to encourage fellow illustrators and writers to use their sketchbooks again and assumed that the attendees signed up because they weren’t and needed help. With that information we were able to put together a (hopefully) inspirational presentation, not without humor of course:
Photo Cred: Lisa Griffin
One thing I briefly touched on with to attendees was how to get over fear of the blank page by drawing light circles. I realized the best way to explain this was to film a demo of how I do it. Because that video is filled with blabbering on, I will not blabber on any more in writing… 🙂
Please enjoy! Let me know what you think or what you’d like to see more of in the comments!
Cheers!
~Renee
05/10/2014 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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