I had to take a break from drawing a few days becaus of crusial pain in my back that made me only be able to lay flat in my bed. But I am better so I am back Here is a funny drawing of my cat Tom O'Malley as a western sheriff and a picture of him so you see how lazy he looks. Hope you like it. Yes he has become fat and sassy🤣🤣 © Mai Larsen

As a warm up exercise I often close my eyes and let the pen go wild on the page. Then I try to find something among the scribbles. These guys emerged this morning

✨ 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁: 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲. 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 or removed 😊 😊 The wonky line stays. 😊 The wrong-sized handle stays. 😊 The bit you'd normally scribble over stays. That's two weeks of turning up now. 🎉 Huge well done! The rubbing out is something that can really get in the way of enjoyment and cause perfectionist stress, so today we just don't 😊😊😊 And don't worry about it. 😊 Every line is fine. ❤️ "𝙒𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨." 𝘼𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙤𝙗 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙨 ❤️ ✨ 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁? 🖊️ 𝗗𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 - with no pencil outline, so the choice is made for you. Just straight onto the paper. [𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 😊 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦. 😂 ] 🖊️ 𝗢𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 without lifting your pen off the paper. 👉 Also in the classroom here: ❤️ 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👇 The whole page, a tiny piece of it, or just type "done" if you're not ready to show it ❤️ ❤️ All count. Whenever you get to it, morning, teatime or midnight.

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 ✨ 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁: 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁. ❤️ Your own hand resting on the table. ❤️ Somebody's shoes by the door. ❤️ The back of a head on the telly. ❤️ Slippers with feet still in them. Nobody has to know you're doing it, and nobody's face has to come out right. ✨ 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁? Draw the same bit twice. Once fast, in about ten seconds. Once slowly, over five minutes. See which one you like better. 👉 Also in the classroom here: ❤️ 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👇 The whole page, a tiny piece of it, or just type "done" if you're not ready to show it ❤️ ❤️ All count. Whenever you get to it, morning, teatime or midnight.

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.