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October 16, 2018
Draw Tip Tuesday: Sketchbook Tour: Color where it counts
In this week’s Draw Tip Tuesday, Koosje Koene, co-founder of Sketchbook Skool takes you on a sketchbook tour. Color can be used in your sketches to create focal points and highlight details. White space can be used in a similar way. This week Koosje explains her choices. Share your sketchbook pages around this idea on social media using the …
Read more »October 11, 2018
art for all Podcast 15: The Story of Sketchbook Skool
Five years ago, Koosje Koene and I started on an epic adventure to create a new creative business. For this episode of the art for all podcast, we sat down to discuss all that has happened, all we have learned, and all we hope to do with Sketchbook Skool. We were joined by our Dean of Students, Morgan Green. If you are a fan of Sketchbook Skool …
Read more »October 9, 2018
Draw Tip Tuesday: Watercolor: Mixing skin tones
In this week’s Draw Tip Tuesday, Koosje Koene, co-founder of Sketchbook Skool, gives tips for finding those perfect skin tone shades with watercolor. There’s so many different shades of skin tone. It can be tricky to paint. It’s easy to add a little too much red and make your people pink! But with just a little touch of color, you can achieve a …
Read more »October 6, 2018
Calendar: October 10 - November 10 2018
Here’s what’s coming up! -October 11 at 12pm EST Watercolor Rules! Week 4 Study Hall Facebook Live Event -October 18 at 12pm EST Watercolor Rules! Week 5 Study Hall Facebook Live Event -October 23 They Draw and Cook Peanut Butter Lovers Illustrated Recipe Contest entries due! -October 25 Fakulty member Lapin’s latest book release: Poblenou, Atlas …
Read more »October 5, 2018
Interview: Salli Swindell wants to teach you tricks to make Halloween card treats.
Q: You’re an award winning greeting card designer who has designed thousands of cards. Clearly you love mail! In a world where technology increasingly rules our lives, what can the simple act of sharing a greeting card make one feel? A: Nowadays when you receive a REAL card in the mail it’s like a present. It seems even more meaningful because a …
Read more »October 5, 2018
Inspiration: Put on Your Mask
Looking for a simple Halloween hack? Check out this video from our Playing kourse for tips on how to make a fun and simple mask. ‘Tis the season! Here’s a few masks from the klassroom! You can join us for klass here Mask by Michele May Mask by Ann Sinarski Mask by Lesley Bergen Mask by Mary Catharine McDonnell
Read more »October 4, 2018
art for all Podcast 14: Doing Your Thing
In this episode, Danny explores dozens of examples of creative people either being limited or exploding the labels that define them. We hope it inspires you to make some changes and take some risks of your own.
Read more »October 2, 2018
Draw Tip Tuesday: How to paint trees and foliage
In this week’s Draw Tip Tuesday, Koosje Koene, co-founder of Sketchbook Skool, shows examples of different ways to draw trees and foliage, both in the background of a scene and as the subject of a painting. Give it a try in your sketchbook. Share your drawings created with this tip on social media using the hashtag #DTTInAction
Read more »September 29, 2018
A Drawing A Day October 2018 Drawing Word Prompt List
Here are your October prompts for A Drawing A Day, hand lettered by Jonathan Twingley! If you’re participating in Inktober or any other challenge, you can use these prompts for fresh inspiration! Or for an extra challenge, try to incorporate BOTH challenges’ prompts into one drawing! Be sure to share your daily drawings on Facebook, Instagram, …
Read more »September 25, 2018
Draw Tip Tuesday: Watercolor: limiting your palette
In this week’s Draw Tip Tuesday, Koosje Koene, co-founder of Sketchbook Skool, lets you in on some of the benefits of limiting your watercolor palette. Having too many choices can be overwhelming. Even if you’re a person comfortable with many choices, limiting your color palette when painting can lead to some interesting outcomes. Share your …
Read more »September 18, 2018
Draw Tip Tuesday: Watercolor: Mixing gray
In this week’s Draw Tip Tuesday, Koosje Koene, co-founder of Sketchbook Skool, shows you how to make the color gray with your watercolor set three different ways. One thing we’re learning about in our new kourse, Watercolor Rules! and how to break them, is the benefits of working with a limited color palette. See how you can still mix together a …
Read more »September 17, 2018
Behind The Scenes: The making of - Watercolor Rules! and how to break them
Our newest kourse, Watercolor Rules! and how to break them, starts on September 17th! The kourse features over 100 videos, step-by-step demonstrations of principles and techniques, how-to’s about picking paints, mixing colors, and using every type of paper, brush and accessory. It also features amazing teachers, and Koosje combined some of her …
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