Description
Sketchbooking serves many purposes for improving your artwork, from practicing new techniques to experimenting with materials and even finding inspiration. In this video workshop, join artist Gigi Chen as she shares seven prompts for getting started on your sketchbooking journey. You’ll play with a variety of materials, including watercolor, colored pencil, graphite pencil, highlighters, ballpoint pen, and collage materials, and you’ll use your surroundings, reference photos, and found objects as your subjects. Along the way, Gigi shares tips and techniques for getting the most out of your sketchbook, as well as her unique and inspiring outlook on art, creativity, and living a creative life. Get started on your journey to a steady sketchbook habit today!
In this video, you’ll:
- Sketch with unusual tools like an ink brush and water brush
- Use household items like highlighters to find inspiration
- Practice observing and sketching small details
- See all the potential of a simple ballpoint pen
- Integrate collage into your sketchbook
- Try sketching with watercolor
- Learn to draw the environment around you
Preview 7 Days to a Steady Journal Practice now to see a sneak peek of the techniques you’ll learn!
About Gigi Chen
Gigi Chen’s work creates an aesthetic that combines her training as a traditional animator and painter, along with her love of the techniques of the Old Masters. Entrenched in the art of storytelling, the work pulls together her love of contemporary idioms of cartooning, photorealism, texture, and design to produce works that coalesce into Love, Craft, and Fun.
Born in Guangdong, China and raised in New York, Gigi first exhibited her work in New York at Deitch Projects as part of the ARTSTAR reality-based television program. Gigi’s exhibition credits also include the Queens Museum of Art, Superfine! Art Fair, and Deep Space Gallery.
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