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The Sketchbook Habit (Recorded)

  • 121 Lessons

This self-paced course consists of 4 modules, spread out over the course of one month, with 44 mini-assignments that are designed to spark your creativity and build a habit you can maintain.

Each module consists of lectures, demos and slideshows. The techniques we cover range from

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The Sketchbook Habit takes just fifteen minutes a day and will change the way you see the world. I'll teach you to:

Contents

Welcome to The Sketchbook Habit!

Intro Video (length: 2:25 min)
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Course Overview
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Recommended Sketchbook Materials List
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Video: Choosing Your Materials (length: 23:18 min)
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Resources and References

Historical Artist Sketchbooks
Contemporary Artist Sketchbooks
The Sketchbook Library
My Sketchbooks Through the Years
Sketchbook Artist Interviews

Module 1

Video: My First Sketchbook (length: 8:18 min)
Video: Historical Artist Sketchbooks (length: 24:21)
Video: Beginning Your Sketchbook (length: 14:37 min)

Day 1: Sketching Prompt

Beginning your sketchbook
Your inside cover:
What to draw today:
Video: Ball Point Pen - Lemon Drawing Demo (length: 5:59)
Video: Ballpoint Lemon drawing demo, extended (length: 1:16:30)

Day 2: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: Sketchbook drawings by Michaelangelo Buonarotti
What to draw today:

Day 3: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sketchbooks of Albrecht Durer
What to draw today:

Day 4: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the illustrated letters of Vincent Van Gogh
What to draw today:

Day 5: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sketchbooks of Adolph Menzel
What to draw today:

Day 6: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Pablo Picasso
What to draw today:

Day 7: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the travel sketchbook of Eugene Delacroix
What to draw today:

Module 2

Video: Writing In Your Sketchbook (length: 7:51)
Video: Contemporary Sketchbook Artists (length: 19:33 min)
Video: Ink Wash & Negative Space Demo (length: 11:33 min)
Video: Ink Wash and Negative Space, part 1 (extended, length:18:52 min)
Video: Ink Wash and Negative Space, part II (extended, length: 42:19 min)
Video: Lemon Painting Demo (length: 6:58 min)
Video: "Lemon Painting Demo (extended, length: 20:30 min)

Day 8: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: Sketchbooks by William Turner
What to draw today:

Day 9: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sketchbook sanctuaries of Frida Kahlo
What to draw today:

Day 10: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sketchbooks of John Singer Sargeant
What to draw today:

Day 11: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sheep sketchbook of Henry Moore
What to draw today:

Day 12: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Edgar Degas
What to draw today:

Day 13: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Andrew Wyeth
What to draw today:

Day 14: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the nature sketchbooks of Beatrix Potter
What to do today:

Module 3

Video: Apple Painting Demo (length: 10:52)
Video: Apple Painting Demo (extended, length: 1:19:56 min)
Video: Plein Air Demo (length:13:59 min)
Video: "Plein air demo" (extended, length: 1:10:41 min)

Day 15: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by John Constable
What to draw today:

Day 16: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sketchbook of William Blake
What to draw today:

Day 17: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the childhood sketchbook of Peter Paul Rubens
What to draw today:

Day 18: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: a sketchbook by Theodore Gericault
What to draw today:

Day 19: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sketchbooks of Salvador Dali
What to draw today:

Day 20: Sketching Prompt

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Inspirartion: the Latin textbook of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
What to do today:

Day 21: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the Paris sketchbook of Ilya Repin
What to do today:

Module 4

Video: Creating Texture with Rock Salt (length: 9:05 min)
Video: Rock Salt Texture Painting Demo (extended, length: 1:10:07 min)
Video: Start With Abstraction (length: 14:56 min)
Video: Start with Abstraction: (extended, length: 1:56:21 min)
Video: Continuing Your Habit... (length: 10:35 min)

Day 22: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the ledgers of Edward Hopper
What to do today:

Day 23: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the Rome sketchbook of Jacques-Louis David
What to draw today:

Day 24: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sketchbook of Bella and Marc Chagall
What to draw today:

Day 25: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the summer road trip sketchbook of James McNeill Whistler
What to draw today:

Day 26: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sketchbook of Berthe Morisot
What to draw today:

Day 27: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sketchbooks of Isabella Lilias Trotter
What to draw today

Day 28: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the sketchbook of R. Crumb
What to draw today:

Day 29: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: the 172 sketchbooks of Charles Ritchie
What to draw today:

Day 30: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by James Jean
What to draw today:

Day 31: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by James Gurney
What to draw today:

Day 32: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Luke Adam Hawker
What to draw today:

Day 33: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Nicolas Sanchez
What to draw today:

Day 34: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Olga Andrushchenko
What to draw today:

Day 35: Sketchbook Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Guno Park
What to draw today:

Day 36: Sketchbook Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Morton Schelde
What to draw today:

Day 37: Sketchbook Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Cesar Santos
What to draw today:

Day 38: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Giacomina Ferillo
What to draw today:

Day 39: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by John Mullane
What to draw today:

Day 40: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Gareth Jones
What to draw today:

Day 41: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Luis Colan
What to draw today:

Day 42: Sketching Prompt

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by Lena Sen
What to draw today:

Day 43

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Inspiration: sketchbooks by David Morales
What to draw today:

Day 44

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Inspiration: Sketchbooks by Alphonso Dunn
What to draw today:

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Sketchbook Artist Statement

"I believe that the act of keeping a sketchbook journal has been one of the most important decisions I have taken in my life as an artist. My sketchbooks are the heart of my studio practice, my travel companions, my place to play and explore. They have served as a way of developing my skills, and a method of examining my life, the place where I discovered who I was, and created the person I wanted to be. I’ve kept sketchbooks consistently for almost 22 years, and during that time they’ve provided a sanctuary when I needed a place to retreat, and catharsis when I needed change. Sketchbooks are one of the best ways to feel connected and present in the world around you, while simultaneously providing a way to look inside yourself. In this class I want to share everything I’ve learned throughout my sketchbook practice, to explore the universe of artist sketchbooks, and to help others develop a sketchbook practice of their own."
- Dina Brodsky

  • $250 or 3 monthly payments of $85

The Sketchbook Habit (Recorded)

  • Course
  • 121 Lessons

A self-paced, recorded version of the Sketchbook Habit class. There are 4 modules with lectures and demos, and 30 days of prompts and mini-assignments designed to spark your creativity, and build a practice you can maintain for the rest of your life.
Buy now