Artists! If you’ve ever started a sketchbook and dropped the habit after a few pages pkease tell me why! Also, I have a free guide to beginning youd sketchbook available through the link in bio

For anyone interested in the materials I use in my sketchbooks- the “Materials” section/lecture is available for free through the Sketchbook Habit workshop through my link in bio - I’ll go through everything I use (although if you take the workshop you don’t need everything on the list- only the tools that fit your vision of what you want your sketchbook to look like). If you have any questions, please ask in the comments

My little book of tree portraits- eventually these will be available for sale - please send me a DM if you’re interested. This was supposed to be a sketchbook of thumbnails and studies meant to be research/demos for the tree drawing class I began teaching, but quickly transformed into fully finished tree portraits. It’s not what I intended, but being able to spend hundreds of hours drawing trees this year has been a pleasure and an honor. These drawings will be for sale eventually. I’ll donate part of the proceeds of each drawing to @onetreeplanted, an organization that plants trees and fights deforestation - write me if you’re interestex

Why I use acrylic ink for the first layer of a gouache painting

My live Sketchbook Habit class is completely full until April- if you need help beginning your sketchbook practice, I have a recorded class available- you can register through the link in bio. I tried to pace it the same way as the live class, with different sections becoming available throughout the month (for everyone who asked - there’s no expiration limit on the class, it’s available permanently) I teach everything I’ve learned over my own 23 year sketchbook practice- techniques, materials, but most importantly - how to make your habit stick, and how to set up a foundation so solid that you continue even when life gets in the way