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Inspiration
September 17, 2019
Tips & Tricks How to Keep Up Your Creative Habit
At Sketchbook Skool, there are as many ways to make art as there are people. And that’s a lot! Students in our community are always sharing the ways in which they hold themselves accountable to their creative habits. From little daily reminders, to goals and focuses for the month or year, we love watching our community members develop their art …
Read more »September 16, 2019
by Koosje Koene Filling Up Your Creative Tank
About half a year ago, I bit the bullet, and bought an iPad Pro. I had already dabbled a little on my old iPad 2 using Procreate, but it just didn’t feel right. I didn’t like the idea of drawing on a piece of glass, and the styluses that I tried were kind of stubby and clunky. So I did some projects that I enjoyed doing (like little animations), …
Read more »October 30, 2018
Inspiration: Jill Weber’s Garden Sketchbook
What are you passionate about? Do you have a passion that goes beyond sketchbooks? In this video, Jill Weber shows her passion for both sketching and gardening by making a beautiful themed sketchbook to showcase her lovely backyard project. Jill’s sketchbook uses repurposed paper, fold-out sections, and collage-like layers. The care she puts into …
Read more »October 27, 2018
Inspiration: Lapin’s Dinner Party
Want to sketch a crowd but still not sure about sketching in public? Host a dinner party with your artist friends and use it as an opportunity to enjoy good wine, good food, and sketch! In this video, Lapin does just that at his dinner party. Check out the sketches he creates while surrounded by friends.
Read more »October 26, 2018
A Drawing A Day November 2018 Drawing Word Prompt List
Here are your November prompts for A Drawing A Day, hand lettered by Penelope Dullaghan! A daily drawing practice can unlock your creativity and help you let go of judgement about your sketching. Join us and commit to these drawing prompts for November. Be sure to share your daily drawings on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest with the …
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 »August 30, 2018
A Drawing A Day September 2018 Drawing Word Prompt List
Here are your September prompts for A Drawing A Day, hand lettered by Anna Denise Floor! Whether you’ve done a drawing every day, or picked up prompts that inspire you here and there, see if you can recommit to trying every prompt this month! You might surprise yourself. Be sure to share your daily drawings on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and …
Read more »August 20, 2018
Inspiration: Take a risk.
Being creative usually involves a risk or two. When you try something new, whether it’s a new medium, a new idea, (or a new Zine format!), you’re stepping out of your comfortable shoes, the tried and true, and into unfamiliar terrain. “Here be dragons” medieval cartographers used to write on the unexplored parts of their maps. Proceed with …
Read more »July 28, 2018
A Drawing A Day August 2018 Drawing Word Prompt List
Here are your August prompts for A Drawing A Day, hand lettered by Nate Padavick! Be sure to share your daily drawings on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest with the hashtag #sbsadrawingaday and for more inspiration check out #SBSsketchbookinspiration where we feature fakulty art each day so that inspiration never stops!
Read more »July 25, 2018
Inspiration: Confessions of a dilettante
Read more »July 23, 2018
Listen To This: Our Favorite Podcasts
Are you a podcast addict? Many of us on the Sketchbook Skool staff love to plug in to podcasts while we work and make art. Here are some of our favorite creativity podcasts: Michael Nobbs’ One Thing Today. Room in the Trees. The Creative Superheroes podcast. Your Creative Push. Art Openings. Kick in the Creatives. Make it Then Tell Everybody. …
Read more »July 6, 2018
Inspiration: Taking Back Summer
When I was a boy, summer meant playing in the street with other kids from the neighborhood. Building tree houses, playing Cowboys and Indians, catching frogs and fireflies. We’d be allowed to go out again after dinner, the summer sun hanging alongside the buttery moon, playing in the lengthening shadows till we were called in for bed. Some …
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