Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!
Here’s your weekly dose of inspiration To build a creative habit
One drawing at a time Brought to you by Sketchbook Skool.
Your sketchbook is your creative playground.
I personally like to use my sketchbook as an illustrated journal.
But every now and then, I want to break out of the habit of drawing from observation,
and just play.
So today, let’s play with faces!
You will need some magazines that you can cut some elements out of, scissors, a glue stick
a pen, pencil, marker, crayons, color pencils… whatever tools you feel like using.
After all, we’re ready to play so take out your toys!
I have cut out elements from the magazines I had at hand - and now I have a collection
of many eyes, some lips, noses, hair, and I also found some textures and colors I like.
I have no idea which of these I will be using or what will come out once I start playing.
If you just arrange a bunch of these things, then already, you have created a face!
Now I can use that to draw a face.
This is not about drawing exactly what you see, but take it as an inspiration.
Just play and see what happens!
This way, you can create and come up with an endless range of different characters.
With all the elements, you can also play with different facial expressions.
See what happens if you turn an eye upside down, use eyebrow shapes to make the face
frown, look angry, or surprised.
Look at the many options you have and fill your page with many faces.
The drawings you make may not be the way you usually draw them; you will tap into a different
kind of style and creativity.
I could go on and on, filling this page with these characters, but I have another thing
I’d like to try…
I’ve cut out these bodies too.
They add a bit of a story to these faces - see?
Same body, completely different combinations!
I’ll create a face, to fit this body.
Maybe add some hair, using these shapes I cut out?
No, I’d rather draw the hair myself.
And look at the difference in posture, when I move the body more up or down, making the
neck longer, or the figure more hunched.
This time to play really teaches you about body language, expressions and about using
your imagination.
This is so much fun!
Sketchbook Skool Fakulty Member Nelleke Verhoeff is an expert in playing with shapes, and she
uses play time a lot to get ideas for her amazing illustrations.
If you want to learn more from her (and she has so much fun stuff up her sleeve!), go
to sketchbookSkool.com
This posture is perfect to play with.
And I don’t even need to think about the shape of the face.
Just two lines will do, between them I add the eyes and nose, and I can even just leave
the mouth out.
Again, with this figure, I can move the body up or down for subtle differences in posture.
So.
Much.
Fun!
Today, take 15 minutes, or half an hour, or even more, and create your own playground
in your sketchbook.
Fill one page or more.
No judgements.
It’s not about the results, it’s really about playing and exploring and tapping into
your imagination and creativity.
And if you’d like to share what you make, please do!
If you use the hashtag DTTinAction on social media, so I can see what you made
And i'll see you next week. Have fun!