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Publié par	Search Press
Date de parution	01 janvier 0001
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781800930384
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	402 Mo

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SKETCHBOOK CHALLENGE promptsfodaryildrawing  Susan Yeaes

SEARCH PRESS

Susan Yeates îs an artîst, tutôr, authôr, pôdcast hôst (Creatîvîty Talks) and TEDx speaker. She ôbtaîned a ine art prîntmakîng degree frôm Lôughbôrôugh Unîversîty and has been teachîng art côurses and wôrkshôps bôth în persôn and ônlîne sînce . Every January, Susan runs a day sketchbôôk challenge thrôugh her websîte, Instagram (@learnînglînôcut) and Facebôôk Page, encôuragîng peôple tô develôp a daîly sketchîng habît. She has wrîtten and selfpublîshed fôur bôôks încludîngLearning Linocutand Learn to Earn from Printmaking. Susan’s irst tîtle fôr Search Press, Beginner’s Guide to Linocut, was publîshed în . Susan lîves and wôrks în Wôkîng în Surrey, UK and îs passîônate abôut înspîrîng ôthers tô get creatîve. Vîsît her websîte atwww.susanyeates.cô.uk

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Suppîers ï you have dîicuy în obaînîng any o he maerîas and equîpmen menîoned în hîs book, hen pease vîsî he Search Press websîe or deaîs o suppîers: www.searchpress.com

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100 prompts for daily drawing

SKETCHBOOK CHALLENGE

Susan Yeaes

Search Press

CoNTENTS

INTRoDUCTIoN 6 HoW To USE THIS BooK 8 Why a daîly sketchîng habît  What îs a sketch and what îs a habît  Why use sketchîng prômpts 

MINDSET AND CREATIVITY 16 Prôcess nôt perfectîôn 9 Be lîke a tôddler  The împôrtance ôf creatîve play  Pôsîtîve language  There îs nô wrông  Make ît easy fôr yôurself 7

TooLS & MATERIALS 28 WARM-UP EXERCISES 34 SEVEN DAYS oF SKETCHING 48 SKETCHING PROMPTS 50 AFTERWoRD & NEXT STEPS 158

INTRoDUCTIoN A huge welcôme tô thîs bîg bôôk ôf drawîng prômpts – a bôôk desîgned tô help yOu buîld up a daîly habît ôf sketchîng and drawîng usîng just a few sîmple tôôls and materîals.

ï am an arîs, auhor and ar uor based în Surrey în he UK. A daîy skechîng habî îs a he hear o a my creaîve acîvîîes (and ï have a o o hose). ï Ind ha pîckîng up a pencî, pen or paînbrush în shor, reguar burss keeps me în une wîh my creaîvîy and înspîred or he onger or arger projecs ha ï underake. Ater years o experîmenaîon wîh dîferen skechbooks and mehods o workîng, ï have Igured ou ha sma amouns o skechîng on a more requen basîs works bes or buîdîng a habî and boosîng creaîvîy. ï îs hîs habî – and how ï achîeve î – ha ï wî share wîh you hroughou hîs book. Thîs book îs packed u o advîce, îps, handy warmup exercîses and, o course, he aîmporan  skechîng promps ha you can dîp în o whenever you wan, or work hrough în order. Some o he promps have brîe expanaîons, ohers a îe more înormaîon or even sepbysep guîdes.

Thîs book îs aîmed a begînners, dabbers, hose who haven’ pîcked up a pencî în years and anyone ookîng o ocus on exacy how o add a skechîng pracîce o heîr ar acîvîîes – hîs book, hereore, îs or anyone serîous abou cuîvaîng a daîy skechîng habî. ï wî ask you o expore your own reasons behînd why you are here, hep you shît your mîndse abou creaîvîy and o course ask you o open ha skechbook reguary and make marks. My daîy skechîng habî has buî up graduay over he pas our years. O course, here are days when ï don’ skech or draw a a due o work pressure, amîy commîmens or beîng oo îred. However, he înenîon îs aways here. No one îs perec (ceraîny no me), and none o my skeches are perec: hey are payu and enjoyabe, and are oten a oundaîon or my oher creaîve pursuîs.

ï reguary use a huge varîey o skechbooks and random bîs o paper. Someîmes ï use pencî, someîmes înk pens; ï enjoy experîmenîng wîh paîns or jus usîng whaever ï have o hand, încudîng my îe gîr’s crayons and eîp pens. ï have skechbooks or a occasîons, rom arge A ones, în whîch ï can go bîg and bod, o îe porabe books ha sî în my handbag. Thîs varîey provîdes me wîh peny o opporunîîes o draw and skech – ï never ge bored or run ou o îdeas and ï pu no pressure on myse o creae Inîshed pîeces o work. ï jus skech… ï share my own skeches, doodes and scrîbbes hroughou hîs book – some nea and îdy, ohers oose and messy. The aîm o he book îs o înspîre you and show you how skechîng on a reguar basîs can be a payu, rewardîng and very achîevabe habî. ï aso share în hîs book some o my op îps or Iîng a skechbook – hîngs ï do myse, hîngs ha have heped me and hose ï have seen hep ohers as we. ï sugges you keep earnîng and readîng abou ar hroughou your îme usîng hîs book. The more you ue your mînd creaîvey, he more your mînd wî creae. ï ook orward o sharîng hîs book wîh you and hopeuy seeîng some un, excîîng and beauîu skeches rom everyone. By he end o hîs book ï promîse ha you wî see huge beneIs rom he process o openîng up a skechbook and makîng marks. So, e’s ge sared

THE 30-DAY SKETCHBooK CHALLENGE

As someone who îs enhusîasîc abou geîng everyone skechîng and creaîng, ï hos an annua Day Skechbook Chaenge (#dayskechbookchaenge), s sarîng on  January each year. Thousands o peope ake par o boos heîr creaîvîy; ï emaî ou skechîng promps or  days în a row, gîvîng everyone a opîc o skech and draw, aong wîh some îps and words o encouragemen – î’s superun ï înîîay sared he chaenge în 8, and many o he peope who have parîcîpaed over he years have conînued o skech daîy. ï hope ha hîs book can provîde conînued suppor as we as a hos o urher skechîng promps.

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HoW To USE THIS BooK

ï recommend readîng hrough he Irs ew secîons o hîs book beore jumpîng o he daîy skechîng promps. Thîs wî hep you o menay prepare or a daîy skechîng pracîce, gaher your maerîas and earn a îe bî more abou my approach beore you ge sared. You wî Ind a whoe secîon dedîcaed o deveopîng a creaîve mîndse, so ha you can ge he mos ou o your skechîng sessîons, however shor hey may be (see pages –7). Ater hîs comes he pracîca preparaîon – an expanaîon o wha o expec rom he promps, oowed by a dîscussîon on he oos and maerîas ha you mîgh îke o use, and hen some handy warmup exercîses ha you can use o ge you oosened up (see pages –7).

Fînay, you wî Ind a he drawîng promps (see pages –7). ï have încuded , whîch îs enough o keep you goîng or monhs and even more, î you spread hem ou or repea hem. Some o you may choose o oow he daîy promps as a chronoogîca serîes o îdeas rom number  onwards, whîch can ceraîny be a progressîve and ogîca way o work. ï îs aso exremey saîsyîng o ge o number  However, you may aso choose o use hîs book as a pace o Ind înspîraîon every now and agaîn. Sîmpy open he book a random, or lîck hrough he pages o choose a promp ha ‘speaks’ o you, and work wîh ha.

SUSAN SAYS Look out for boxes like this one throughout the book. These contain tips, further ideas, extra sketching exercises and anything else that I think will be helpful as you îll up your sketchbook pages.

‘You can’ use up creaivIy. The more you use, he more you have.’ – Maya Angelôu

TIP Set yourself a short time limit such as îve minutes; picka prompt and start sketching. Five minutes is far less daunting than the 30 or 60 you may think you need... and you never know what you might create, even if it is rough orpartially complete…

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Why a daîly sketchîng habît

Beore we go anywhere, beore we ak abou maerîas, echnîques, mîndse or promps, î îs împoran o undersandWHYwe are aempîng o buîd up a daîy skechîng habî. Why did you buy his book? Why do you wan o skech every day? These are genuîne quesîons ï ask you o hînk abou. Wîh anyhîng ha you aîm o do on a

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• To relax and unwind;

daîy basîs, you need o be reay înspîred and moîvaed în order or î o happen. Havîng a rocksoîd, srong reasonWHYo reurn o when you ose momenum, have a bad day or are îred wî keep you ocused and on rack. Le me îs some o he reasons ha you mîgh wan o buîd up a reguar drawîng habî:

• To carve out some ‘me-time’, maybe getting away from work or a busy family life;

• Cultivate and boost your creativity;

• Remove ‘artist’s block’ or ‘drawing anxiety’;

• Improve your drawing skills;

• Learn how to use colour;

• To experiment with sketching things that you have never sketched before;

• Enjoy drawing again if you have lost your passion;

• To improve your pencil drawing skills or to learn to use watercolours;

• Learn to see the world in new ways;

• To record a journey or your travels;

•Asawayofvisuallyjournalling;

• Remove the fear of the blank page;

• To simply îll that stash of sketchbooks;

• Learn how to sketch for the sake of sketching and enjoy yourself along the way;

• To start a career in design;

•To sketch out new ideas for bigger artworks or designs.

ïn a îkeîhood many o he reasons îsed here wî resonae wîh you, bu jus one or wo wî be he maîn drîvîng orce behînd why you conînue o skech ong ater you have pu down hîs book.

DISCOVER YOUR WHY

Turn o he Irs page o your skechbook and wrîe downallhe possîbe reasonsWHYyou wan o skech reguary. Once you have done hîs, ï wan you o cîrce or hîghîgh your op hree reasons. Then narrow hîs down agaîn o jusonereason, whîch îs your prîmaryWHY. Thîs oneWHYneeds o be împoran o you and you aone. Everyone readîng hîs book (încudîng myse) has very dîferen reasons behînd wanîng o skech. The reason you seecmusînspîre you and make you keen o open ha skechbook. Keep hîs one reason a he oreron o your mînd eîher by wrîîng î down a he ron o every skechbook you use, or by pînnîng î up on your wa so ha you can see î easîy.

WHY NoT TRY...?

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What îs a sketch and what îs a habît

Thîs may sound a îe basîc, bu here îs a huge dîference beween a skech and a Inîshed work o ar, and beween a habî and skechîng ony occasîonay. The words ‘skech’ and ‘habî’ have been seeced careuy: hîs îs no a book on împrovîng your drawîng echnîque or geîng you o compee a sînge projec or pîece o ar. Thîs îs a abou doîng îe bîs reguary. ï shoudn’ ake you oo ong o do each day: ï am no askîng you o spend an hour skechîng every day – sîmpy a ew momens. A skech îs an experîmen. ï îs he equîvaen o pracîsîng your scaes, î you are a musîcîan, no payîng a u concer. ï îs warmîng up or exercîsîng a ew musces î you are an ahee; î îs no he Ina race. So, or an arîs or creaîve person, î îsnoa Inîshed pîece o work. A skech îs a abou workîng ou îdeas and ryîng echnîques. ï îs abou pracîsîng your drawîng skîs or honîng your paînîng echnîque. A skech can be abou recordîng, quîcky, a parîcuar îme or pace, or akîng a snapsho o a momen.

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A skech îs very oten unInîshed, smudged or even downrîgh ugy. Someîmes î ges hrown away and someîmes kep. You may ake onger o work on a skech î you ee înspîred, bu equay, you don’ have o. When î comes o skechîng, anyhîng goes – a ‘jus pracîsîng’ approach o skechîng îs hugey împoran, and ï wî come back o hîs aer on. And wha îs a habî ï you hînk o someone wîh a cofeedrînkîng habî, you îmagîne someone who jushaso have cofee o uncîon (and yes, ï am akîng abou myse here). Perhaps no he bes exampe due o he addîcîve naure o cafeîne, bu he poîn îs ha he person îs compeed o do somehîng a he îme, î.e. drînk ha cofee. ï wan you o be compeedandexcîed o open your skechbook a he îme. ï wan hîs habî o be un, excîîng, easy and no ake up oo much o your îme. OK, so we may a end up a îe addîced o skechîng by he end o hîs book, bu î’s a aîry heahy addîcîon o have, and î reaps abuous beneIs.

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Sketch a sImple, quIckly-made drawIng ha does no have many deaIls. (The Cambrîdge Englîsh Dîctîônary)

AsketchIs a drawIng ha Is done quIckly wIhou a lo of deaIls. Ariss oten use skeches as a preparaion for a more deaIled paIning or drawIng. (The Côllîns Englîsh Dîctîônary)

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