Hi there, I’m Koosje!

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 practice too, because it can make you feel good.

Photo by Rick Keus

Combining Collage and Urban Sketching

Combining Collage and Urban Sketching

Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!

In today's video, I will combine urban sketching and collage.

Last week, I shared the process of making a collage, as a preperation of the page for a drawing. I found a good spot to draw a view in the park.
I'll show you how I tackle this challenge. The composition of the collage will be informing my drawing - some of the shapes will in the end make a lot of sense and represent parts of the view.

Trusting the process is a big part of drawing on top of collage, but above all: being playful and having fun!

From 00:02:32, the video is on double speed.

Materials used:

  • Foldable lightweight Sitting mat

  • Ikea backpack

  • Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Size A5, prepared with pieces of paper

  • Pentel Pocket Brushpen

  • Caran d'Ache Neocolor 1 wax crayons, white, light yellow, yellow ochre

Be Brave!

Be Brave!

Making a collage to draw on top

Making a collage to draw on top