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Draw Tip Tuesday: Look to Your Own Bag for Inspiration

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In this week’s Draw Tip Tuesday, Sketchbook Skool co-founder Koosje Koene will share with you a go-to source of inspiration for when you want to draw, but aren’t quite sure what to draw.

Here’s an idea: take all of the contents out of your bag and draw everything you find inside. The items in your bag can often tell a bit about you, so by drawing things that are important enough for you to carry around, it’s a great form of self-expression in your art!

If you only have one or two items that might not take too long to draw, it might be a good idea to challenge yourself to drawing those items in greater detail.

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