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Sketchbook Saturday: Travel
Sketchbooks filled while on the road often are really souvenirs, full of stories and memories to savour, rather than just good art. I love the narratives and quirky observations of sketch travelers. Gerard…
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Extraordinary Envelopes
Mark Powell does extraordinary drawings on vintage envelopes dating as far back as the 1800s – this one a 1965 fold-over airmail. The London-based artist has endless facility for communicating the history of…
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Quick Hits: Mattias Adolfsson
You may already be a fan of Swedish illustrator Mattias Adolfsson, one of the world’s best known sketch artists. These are his latest: ‘Pens.’ He’s sometimes called “the mad scientist of the Moleskine.”…
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Leni Kauffman – Beautiful browsing
What a great set of drawings to browse, the wonderful, styled art of illustrator Leni Kauffman. She does buildings, people, food, travel and also a separate illustrated fashion blog. That’s her fantasy roof…
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Sketchbook – Ricardo Nunez
Artist Ricardo Nunez shares these sketch-to-illustration combos from his travels around the world in 2018, stressing the convenience of the sketchbook as a canvas and a pencil as a tool while on the…
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The Ambiance of a Finnish Market
Eela Laitinen, a Finnish artist studying in the U.K., created these sketches to capture the ambiance of Helsinki market square. They’re compelling for the depth of colour and surrealistic scope. She says she’s…
