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

Sketchbook Tour!

Sketchbook Tour!

Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!

I finished this sketchbook a couple of weeks ago so I figured it's time for a sketchbook tour. I am showing you the good, the bad and the ugly, and will explain why making "bad" stuff in your sketchbook is VERY important.


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Sketchbook in this video:
-Stillman&Birn Beta series Sketchbook, 19cmx19cm / 7.5”x7.5”

Materials I used in the sketchbook:
-Sailor fountain pen with calligraphy nib, filled with Platinum Carbon Black ink
-Lamy Safari nib B, filled with Platinum Carbon Black ink
-Sailor fountain pen with calligraphy nib, filled with Rohrer &Klingner grey SketchInk
-Daniel Smith  watercolors
-Pentel Aquash waterbrush
-Pentel pocket brush pen (with the ink cartridge that comes with it)
-Caran d’Ache Luminance colored pencils
-Caran d’Ache Neocolor I wax crayons

Artists I mentioned in this video:
-Emma Carlisle
-Marloes de Vries
-Alvin Chong
-The wise words were written by Fransje Immink, on the first page of her sketchbook. She did this while participating in the workshop weekend I recently taught with Sabine Wisman.
-Robot sticker at the front of my sketchbook: made by Claartje van Swaaij

Link to Sketchbook Skool's "Spark" membership:
sketchbookskool.com/spark/

The online resource I mention in this video:
window-swap.com

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