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Kesh

An Artist, Illustrator and an Educator sharing his Thoughts and Advice on How people can Learn Art in an Easier Way through his Online Art Programs and YouTube Channels. He is the creator of the Popular Art Challenge '100 Days of Sketching' that is being participated by thousands of people from all around the world every year.

How to Use a Sketchbook?

1) 4 Ways to Use a Sketchbook

Words I like: The Art of Sketchbooking is all about maintaining a sketchbook by observing, reflecting, practicing and playing – to improve ones skills and create new possibilities for art that hasn’t been made yet.

What’s the point of using a sketchbook?

In my opinion, there are 4 uses:

1. Observe – the world around you and record it in your own way for reference.

2. ⁠Reflect – On thoughts, ideas and events that has happened through drawing & writing.

3. ⁠Practice – A place to specifically practice your weak points in order to get better.

4. ⁠Play – To combine all that you’ve done previously to create something new, or at least explore the possibilities of new drawings, in a way that hasn’t been done before. 

These are the 4 Uses of a sketchbook – and these are the 4 ways to use em’ as well…

1. Observe stuff around you – things, people, environments and draw them.

2. ⁠Reflect on your thoughts, memories and ideas through drawing and making notes.

3. ⁠Practice something specific – like faces or hands – to get good at them.

4. ⁠Finally, play by creating new things – thumbnails for new drawings, rough versions of final art and the like.

2) Da Vinci's Sketchbook

Leonardo DaVinci (the man who made Monalisa) – is a fantastic example of a sketchbookist. ✍️

– He maintained detailed sketchbooks and journals throughout his life, which included drawings from life, dissecting things he was interested in, ideas for his inventions along with studies for his painting. 

– These sketchbooks were not meant to be his masterpiece – but rather a place to observe, study, think and play.

3) Challenge to Try Out

✏️ Fill One Page in your sketchbook with one of these things:

• A page filled with studies on ONE thing (ex: hands, fish, characters)
• ⁠Notes and doodles about a random past event.
• ⁠A Page of things from your room.
• ⁠A Playful Doodle.

Favourite Quote of the Week

“The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies everything placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

(Meaning: Don’t just copy—understand!)

That’s it.
I’ll see you again next week 🙂

Best,
Kesh.

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Kesh

An Artist, Illustrator and an Educator sharing his Thoughts and Advice on How people can Learn Art in an Easier Way through his Online Art Programs and YouTube Channels. He is the creator of the Popular Art Challenge '100 Days of Sketching' that is being participated by thousands of people from all around the world every year.

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