pronounced "Kōsha”
I’m an artist and creative entrepreneur living in the Netherlands. I love drawing and I do it every day. On this website, I hope to inspire you to develop a drawing habit too, because it can make you feel good.
Photo by Rick Keus
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In today's video from the archive, I'll show you how to pick a subject and draw it from three different angles. You might think: "the same subject over and over again? Boring."
Not if you change your angle drastically. Everything changes and it's actually quite exciting.
In today's video, I'm showing you the many ways of capturing greens in your sketchbook. How do you capture greens in your sketchbook? Maybe you don't even need to use the color green. What?!
Grab your opportunity to draw greens today and cross of the first prompt for Drawing Bingo!
Today, I want to take you on location and show you how and where you can get started when drawing a scene on location. Also known as Urban Sketching.
In today's video, I'll flip through my new sketchbook, filled with urban sketches, workshop demos, personal moments, and art tool experiments. My sketchbook is my happy place, and I hope this tour inspires you to draw daily, just like I do. When you draw each day, you take the "pressure" off, knowing there's always the next page, the next day. Learning to be less precious about your pages is important. We often impose a rule on ourselves that every drawing must be exceptional - even perfect! Yet, we draw because we just love the process, don't we?
Featured Sketchbook: Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Size A4 (21cm x 29.7cm or 8.3'' x 11.7'').
Today, I'll show you how to kickstart drawing a scene, without getting overwhelmed.
Start by boldly blocking out your main shape with a fun color. It's all about enjoying the process, so grab your chunky tools and let loose. I'm using a Pink Posca Marker as my base and a black Caran d'Ache Neocolor 1 wax crayon for that textured vibe, no need for precision here!
Let's dive in and have some creative fun!
The struggle between the desire to draw and the internal resistance is relentless. Doubts and insecurities block creativity, making it hard to even just start. But remember, creativity thrives in vulnerability, imperfections are stepping stones, not stumbling blocks. Embrace the joy of creating without judgment, even for just five minutes. Embrace the wonkiness!
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Drawing brings pure joy, and I do it daily. It's not about perfection, but growth and exploration. In today's sketchbook flipthrough, discover urban sketches and creative experiments. I'll share how using certain tools expanded my art. Let's draw together and find happiness in the process!
Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday! In today's video, I'll be drawing an urban scene in a green-filled park, taking a step-by-step approach to keep it relaxed. Join me in capturing the beauty of nature wherever you are, whether on location or at home. Let's get creative and enjoy the process!
Let's revisit last week's exercise and explore the possibilities of using sticks and twigs again. Remember, anything made of wood that can be dipped in ink can be your drawing tool!
In this video, I will demonstrate the same techniques from last week while incorporating the lessons learned. Let's use expressive lines, mark making, and black ink, look for contrast, texture, and liveliness. I am adding people in my drawing to bring in some storytelling aspect of my drawing.
In today's Draw Tip Tuesday video, join me for the first part of a two-part series on drawing with organic materials. Learn how to create exciting drawings using sticks, twigs, and ink. We explore all kinds of wooden tools found in the forest. Wooden skewers, stirring sticks, disposable wooden forks and knives, and bamboo dip pens are very suitable too. If it's made of wood and you can dip it in ink, you can draw with it!
Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday! In today’s video, I flip through a sketchbook I didn't like much, but it had a surprising effect on my creativity.
Today, I will give you a sketchbook tour of the sketchbook that I took with me to Tel Aviv, Israel. I went there to take a workshop taught by illustrators and urban sketchers Maru Godas and Marina Grechanik
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And welcome to my back yard.
I have always lived in the city, and now moved to the edge of a smaller town, with the forest close by, and a back yard to step into any time I want. And although I love urban sketching, I love being surrounded by greens! So that's a reason in itself to draw greens in my sketchbook. Which, basically would still be an urban sketch. To draw greens, what if I didn't use color? Can I still capture greens? Let’s find out with two simple tools: a pen and a pencil.
When drawing every day, just like in life, some days are good, some days are not so great... and so are the drawings. My sketchbook is like my visual diary, reflecting my feelings, emotions and experiences of everyday life.
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Today I'd like to show you that we don't need fancy tools to experiment and have fun with materials you might have forgotten.
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Today I share why it's important to be a little organized in order you set yourself up for a fun drawing session. I’ll show you how I do it, and why my watercolours and colored pencils are in a certain order. Hopefully you get inspired to grab your stuff to draw.
You love that feeling of flow when you draw, but all too often, your inner critic holds you back from daring to just draw, from making mistakes and wonky lines. It's a fear about wanting your drawing to be perfect. And that fear might even cause that you find yourself not even daring to start. I have some practical tips for your sketchbook as well as some mindset tips. let’s draw, draw, draw - and then draw more!
In today's video, I give you tips and ideas for your sketchbook practice, and how to squeeze some drawing time into your day, even if you think it's impossible. Whether it's an urban sketch, a drawing of your feet on the couch, or a quick doodle... you'll feel better for allowing yourself the time to draw.
While I talk you through the process of drawing with a dip pen in this video, you’ll also learn how to develop a style as an artist (spoiler alert: you already have a style!). Let’s explore and have fun drawing with a dip pen!
There is always something to draw.
I looked around, I noticed how there was a certain rhythm, a pattern, of all the chairs. The repetition in the room of all the shape and color of the chairs caught my eye, so that would be the focus of my drawing today. I used the "blob method"; big shapes of color first, then line.
