Illustration + Nature Sketching
Take your time to observe and get to know a single plant with your sketchbook. Recently I’ve been drawing the plants and trees around me, and it’s fascinating how much you can get from even the tiniest or unremarkable weed. I reserve one page for each plant, and try to find out as much as … Read more
As promised I’ll show a few of my plein air landscape sketches today. I’ve always been fond of landscape painting, and after nature journaling outdoors for a few years, I wanted to take my landscape sketches a step further. So this summer I’ve tried to go out for plein air painting more often, and although … Read more
I’m back from my summer break, and I’ve brought new sketchbook outtakes with me. I haven’t shared what I’ve been up to in my sketchbook for a while, so I thought this would be a nice opener. Over the last weeks I’ve spent time on personal projects like getting better at plein air landscape painting … Read more
Here’s part two of my Q&A about quitting social media. This time we’re looking at more personal questions, as well as my take on social media for artist communities and as a learning tool. Read part one of the Q&A here, or my original post on why I quit social media from last year. If … Read more
One year ago, I quit social media and deleted my profiles forever. I’ve asked you what you’d like to know in an update, and you sent me many questions (Thanks everyone!!): about how my year went, what changed for me business-wise and personally and what I do differently without these services. I got a lot … Read more
I want to share a quick tip with you today. This can help you when you’re afraid of getting started in a new sketchbook, or if you want to experiment more, or if you just want to save money on supplies: Try making your own sketchbooks. Here’s the video version of this post: If you … Read more
I’ve put together a new video class for those of you who want to make their own sketchbook. Basic bookbinding skills are not hard to learn and you can easily bind self-made journals that cost a fraction of store-bought sketchbooks. The great thing about this is that you can use the exact paper you want, … Read more
First of all, thank you everyone for the massive feedback you all sent after my last post – I’ll definitely do an update on my first year without social media – I only see this as the beginning, or rather, deleting the profiles as the end point to something I no longer needed. I’ll just … Read more
It’s been one year since I deleted my social media accounts. I checked my calendar: I deleted my Facebook account in the middle of June 2019, and Instagram followed at the start of July 2019. So it’s been one year without any of those services.Except for Youtube, which I like as a tool to share … Read more
Here are some quick tips for sketching butterflies that I’ve collected over time (the tips, not the butterflies). Watch the video version with a sketching demo: If you can’t see the video above, watch it here: Quick tips for sketching butterflies. Here are my tips for sketching butterflies in list form: If you have more … Read more
Summer is the time for observing many different kinds of insects. I know there are probably other species that seem cuter and more accessible, but maybe none that is stranger. When I pause to sketch insects, I never stop to think about how weird they truly are, and what their world must look like with … Read more
After last week’s International Nature Journaling week is over now, it’s time for me to recollect. I’ve seen so many amazing journal pages – learning about nature and how other people use their journals always brings something new to my own sketchbook. There were so many cool ideas that people integrated in their pages, and … Read more