No better place than a sketchbook to portray the mix of fact and fancy that creates the surreal. (Above: Pat Perry) Such a wide range of styles in this genre, but always imaginative. From Jared Muralt on Behance. From Miles Johnston Sketchbook, here. These creatures are from Vorja […]
One of the great uses for a sketchbook or journal: draw your recipe. This one by Flickr artist neillyneil . Source From Anna Rastorgueva’s recipe journal. See her full post here. From Reims – le Filet Mignon de Porc See all the pages of illustrator Aliya Manakova’s recipe […]
These are Frida Kahlo’s works. She is one of the five famous artists featured in this video on journals and sketchbooks. (NOTE: This is a 25-minute video, but so worth watching, by UK artist Lillian Gray. You can also skip through some of the sections if you don’t […]
Source I am always amazed by how much an artist can include in a beautiful spread like this without ruining the aesthetic or making the pages too crowded to appreciate. A skill for certain, present in all these sketchbooks. The crisp symmetry of this stunning sketch is unique. […]
These sketchers have included photos of their original subject, so it’s easy to see how their artist eye interpreted. From Flickr, here. Urban Sketcher Sílvia Oliveras Canals was doing an exercise in sketching vignettes with this book. Lots of original scene interpretation examples on the site of an […]
Freelance illustrator and comic artist Blake M. Kandzer warms up with quick sketchbook layouts of his favourite movies, such us Onward (above) and Up (below) My own favorite, after scrolling through more than a dozen of his movie sketches, turned out to be Ronin (below). It’s definitely worth […]
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