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Sketchbook Saturday: Watercolour Appeal

By J Walters on 09/14/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Oh the appeal of watercolours. These artists show how a sketchbook comes alive with depth and luminosity when the medium is watercolour. Above: Sylvain Cnudde, a beach in Normandy, France.

Sketchbook Saturday: Minimalism

By J Walters on 08/31/2019 • ( 8 Comments )

Tokyo based freelance illustrator Yoshie Kondo gets minimalism (and colour and line) exactly right in these selections from a huge portfolio of travel sketchbooks. (Click image for larger view)

Sketchbook Saturday: Fatma Loves to Draw

By J Walters on 08/24/2019 • ( 2 Comments )

Fatma al Remaihi is the illustrator and graphic artist behind the popular tumblr site Fatma Loves to Draw. These are just a few samples from the Sketchbooking section of her site.

Sketchbook Saturday: Travel 2

By J Walters on 07/20/2019 • ( 2 Comments )

Russian illustrator Anna Rastorgueva sketches with Copic markers in life-drawing style. She is a commercial artist, but the personal sketches in her portfolio are exquisite. These are from her travel albums.

Sketchbook Saturday: Endless Patterns

By J Walters on 07/06/2019 • ( 4 Comments )

Polina Oshu is a graphic designer from St. Petersburg based in Riga. She calls herself an endless pattern-making machine.

Sketchbook Saturday – Canada Day

By J Walters on 06/29/2019 • ( 7 Comments )

Chandler O’Leary has been chronicling her travels in sketch stories since 2013, generating a huge following, as well as prints, stationery and a book (a road trip atlas of the west coast here). If you don’t already know her, here’s an introduction to her wonderful blog, Drawn the […]