Sketchbooks & Journals

129. Two Birds, One Stone

Painting two birds at once, in gouache

Apr 13 • Amy Stewart

128. Githerments Journal Check-In

A peek inside a joyful everyday journal / sketchbook practice

Apr 6 • Amy Stewart

127. Drawing People: Making Proportions Easy

Your questions, answered

Mar 30 • Amy Stewart

A Round-Up of All Posts on Drawing People

Want to draw more people? Give these a try!

Mar 29 • Amy Stewart

126. Plein Air Painting the Cherry Blossoms

Here's my process for painting on-site in gouache

Mar 23 • Amy Stewart

125. On-Location Drawing

With a pocket sketchbook and a pen for measurements

Mar 16 • Amy Stewart

124. Drawing People: Tracing is Not Cheating

Use tracing to build your people-drawing skills

Mar 9 • Amy Stewart

123. Draw Yourself as an Edward Gorey Character

Or a Saul Steinberg character!

Mar 2 • Amy Stewart

122. Puerto Rico sketchbook flip-through

Plus: Want to draw 100 people in a week?

Feb 23 • Amy Stewart

121. Travel Art Supplies for a Colorful Vacation

How I match my palette to the destination

Feb 16 • Amy Stewart

120. Sketchbook/Journal Page Layouts

Some experiments with page design for casual, everyday notebooks

Feb 9 • Amy Stewart

119. Lettering and Writing

A deep dive into putting words on a page

Feb 2 • Amy Stewart

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