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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Drawing vs. Final

Rovina Cai

Today I am sharing some unedited drawings! This is a part of my process that comes after a sketch is approved, and before layers of colour are added to create the final, and as such I don't often have the opportunity to share this intermediate step. While these drawings are not complete pieces in and of themselves, I figured they might still be of interest.     These drawings are done on an iPad (though…

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Autumn’s Window, Bash Bish Falls

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Sketchbooks and Human Experience

Vanessa Lemen

March 30, 2023 - One thing I really love about sketchbooks is that they're all about exploring. What’s on the pages doesn’t need to look or feel a certain way. The sketches can be of anything. It doesn't have to be fancy, but requires a human being making some marks on some pages, open to exploring and discovering. It’s completely open in terms of the content and the act of creating. I really enjoy seeing all kinds of different artists' sketchbooks, and how different artists might go about creating with various tools and materials. Some of my own sketchbooks are quite different from some of my others, but still have a certain sensibility to them that looks and feels like they came from me, and that’s a wonderful thing to have the chance to recognize. Sketching is a way…

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