Artist's Sketchbook: Exercises and Techniques for Sketching on the Spot

327 Pages·46.245 MB·English

by  Cathy Johnson

Artist’s Sketchbook
Exercises and Techniques for Sketching on the Spot
Cathy Johnson
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Dedication
To my Joseph, who loves, encourages, inspires, spoils me rotten and makes sure I’m properly fed.
Contents
Special Offers
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE
Getting Started
When Are You Able to Sketch on the Spot?
Where Do You Want to Be?
The Most Important Question: Why?
Demonstration: Sketching What Touches Your Heart
Sketchbook, Journal, Finished Work?
CHAPTER TWO
Materials and Supplies
Paper Trail
Other Surfaces
Pencils
Colored Pencils
Demonstration: Unusual Color
Watercolor Pencils
Ink Pens and Markers
Watercolors, Brushes and Extras
Kits
CHAPTER THREE
Exploring Your Own Backyard
Open Your Eyes
Pretend You’re a Tourist
Change Your Point of View
Explore New Places
Preserving Things Before They’re Gone
Recording Change
Time and Weather
Life in Your Sketches
Interiors and Intimate Views
Unlovely Bits
Demonstration: Capturing Changing Seasons
CHAPTER FOUR
The Travel Bug
Keep It Simple
Finding a Subject
On the Go (Fast Sketching)
Be Prepared
Weather
Demonstration: Brave the Elements
Options
Demonstration: Nevada Mountain Sketching
Demonstration: Waterfall
Interpretations
How Will You Travel?
Camping
CHAPTER FIVE
Nature Sketching
The Big Picture
Elements of Landscape
Demonstration: Dry Atmospheres
Relationship With a Place
Demonstration: Park and Sketch
Painting Expressive Water
Demonstration: Moving Water
Trees
Textures and Foliage
Hills, Mountains and Rocks
Demonstration: Depicting Rocks
Skies and Clouds
Plants and Flowers
Wildlife
Demonstration: Sparrow
Demonstration: Birds in the Distance
Field Journal Pages
CHAPTER SIX
Urban Sketching
Documenting a Place Over Time
Demonstration: Grain Elevator
Demonstration: Stone Building
Inside, Outside
Statues and Public Art
Street Scenes
Markets
Restaurants, Cafés, Wineries and Bars
At Home and Abroad
Adding People
CHAPTER SEVEN
Sketching Your Life
Journaling On the Spot
What Matters to You?
Demonstration: Return Sketches
Special Occasions
Memories
What You Can Learn
Heart Homes
Demonstration: A Magic Moment
Making Changes
Gratitude
Dealing With Challenges
CHAPTER EIGHT
Creativity First
Try a Different Format
The Unexpected
Demonstration: Watered Down
Shadow Play
Imagination
Demonstration: Go With the Flow
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author