🎥 This one just dropped into my YouTube suggestions and I had to share it What Happens When You Stop Trying to Draw Properly? With illustrator Shoo Rayner It's just really lovely. He takes his sketchbook for a walk along the canal and talks about embracing the flaws, and how sketching isn't supposed to be perfect. It's there to help you look at what's around you and maybe jog your memory later. He draws the same swan over and over, puts a dog next to a slice of cake, and draws a coffee cup from two angles at once, and he's completely happy with all of it. He's basically giving you permission for things not to be perfect, and to just enjoy it. 🦢 Well worth 5 minutes of your time. ☕ 💬 Once you've watched it, tell me what stayed with you. Has it changed how you think about your own sketchbook?

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Hi lovely members, Just a little heads up today. Skool is nowhere near as bad as Facebook for people coming into groups to spam or cause trouble, but it does still happen, so I'd love us all to keep our eyes open. I want this to stay a safe space for everyone. The other day I had to delete and block an account here. It started out leaving friendly-sounding welcome comments on people's intro posts, and then put up a post full of links. God knows where those links were going. In other groups I've also seen people DM members and strike up a friendly conversation eventually trying to sell them crypto and things like that. 😬 👉 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗼𝗱𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀 in this and other groups too. 🙄 - - - - - 🔎 If anyone sends you a DM that feels a bit off, trust your gut. Let me know ❤️ 🛑 If someone tries to get you to buy something or click on a link, please be very careful. You don't owe anyone a reply. 🚩 If you see a post or comment that looks suspicious, you can report it by clicking the three little dots on it. 💌 And you can always message me by clicking on my profile name. Even if you're not sure, let me know and I'll check it out to see if it's genuine . - - - - - I've got things set up behind the scenes to try and prevent this, but a few extra pairs of eyes make all the difference. 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲, 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 💛 Helen

Starting and finishing a sketch with Nishant Jain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8hbG1FBDqU Since today's daily page is all about drawing people in your sketchbook, I wanted to share an artist I've really been getting into lately. Nishant Jain, who calls himself the Sneaky Artist, fills little pocket sketchbooks with crowds, train carriages and cafe scenes, mostly with just a Lamy fountain pen. His drawings are so simple and so full of life. In this video he chats with Maria Coryell-Martin from Art Toolkit about how he got started, then draws along live from a couple of photos. Make a cup of something warm and settle in, it's a lovely one for a Sunday. - - - - - 🖋️ 𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 ✏️ He started out making comics with stick figures because he "really didn't know how to draw." He never planned to be an artist, he calls himself one "just out of curiosity." 📖 He draws with a pen he can't erase, on purpose. When a drawing doesn't turn out the way he pictured, "the solution is to turn the page and make another drawing." 💛 "The joy you get from drawing is totally separate from whether it was a good drawing or not." 〰️ He draws people with long, flowing lines, and says "long lines are your handwriting." Whether your line wobbles or bends a little, "nobody else would draw it like you." 🔑 And on giving yourself a go at all: "permission is the golden word." 🚶 If you ever fancy sketching people out and about, he says "crowded places are a gift," because everyone is far too busy with their own day to notice what you're doing. - - - - - 👀 Keep watching for the last drawing, the busy commuter train. He picks one person to start from and gives them the most attention, then lets everyone around them become just a few simple lines. Such a freeing idea for today's daily page. You don't have to give every person the same care, and a handful of lines can be enough to say someone was there.

𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗸. This is a new set of digital papers I've been making for the Printable Vault . Robins, wrens, a sleepy little hedgehog, a dormouse tucked up for winter, and more berries than any hedgerow could hold. 🍂 I couldn't help myself. I wrapped across the double spread of my new sketchbook, and the thing that always happens happened again. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻. It already had something lovely in it, so all I had to do was add to it. A few words, a little doodle, a scrap of something. 👉 𝗡𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲. (Those little cut-out birds? They're a sneak peek of the tags I'm making next. Shhh. 🤫) - - - - - - - - - - 🗓️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿. 🎁 I really want you all to try them, so when the set lands I'll be picking one of the six papers to share free with everyone for the first 48 hours.♥️ - - - - - - - - - - 💬 While you wait, tell me: what would you put on a page like this first? A poem, a sketch, a journal entry? And if you've ever stuck something into your sketchbook, a ticket, a leaf, a scrap of wrapping paper, share a photo in the comments. I'd love to see it.