🎥 This one just dropped into my YouTube suggestions and I had to share it What Happens When You Stop Trying to Draw Properly? With illustrator Shoo Rayner It's just really lovely. He takes his sketchbook for a walk along the canal and talks about embracing the flaws, and how sketching isn't supposed to be perfect. It's there to help you look at what's around you and maybe jog your memory later. He draws the same swan over and over, puts a dog next to a slice of cake, and draws a coffee cup from two angles at once, and he's completely happy with all of it. He's basically giving you permission for things not to be perfect, and to just enjoy it. 🦢 Well worth 5 minutes of your time. ☕ 💬 Once you've watched it, tell me what stayed with you. Has it changed how you think about your own sketchbook?

👉 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁: 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱... ie - A key, - a coin, - a hairgrip, - a button, - a conker, - a pebble off a windowsill. Pick it up, have a proper look at it, put it on the page. Small things are the easiest place to start, because there's less of it to get wrong. ✨ 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁? Draw it three times on the same page, turning it a little each time, so you see it from three sides. 👉 Also in the classroom here: ❤️ 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👇 The whole page, a tiny piece of it, or just type "done" if you're not ready to show it ❤️ ❤️ All count. Whenever you get to it, morning, teatime or midnight.😍

Sketchbook Magic finished on Monday and I have loved every minute of it 💛 Before I start planning what comes next, I would really like to know what the week was actually like from your side. Two questions, and one line each is honestly plenty. ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 👉 𝟭. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗘𝗡𝗝𝗢𝗬 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧? A particular day, a prompt, something you made, something somebody else posted. Anything at all. ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 👉 𝟮. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗜𝗧 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗘𝗥 ? Anything that got in your way, anything you wanted more of, anything that did not quite work for you. ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ❤️ 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞n𝙜𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 👇 𝗣𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄. A sentence is plenty, and if you only want to answer one of the two, that is absolutely fine. Thank you for turning up this week. Whether you did all seven days or one 💛 🔥🔥🔥 𝗣𝗦 — bits of what you write here might end up on a post or a page somewhere, to help somebody who is nervous about joining in, and 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗕𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗡𝗬𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗦. If you would rather I did not use yours, just pop "𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀" at the end of your comment and I absolutely won't ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. Please still comment either way, as I would love to hear your feedback ❤️ Thank you. 🙏 x -------------------------- @Tori Reid @Debbie Davies @Lisa Williams @Kimberly Puddester @Debbie Channing @Vickie Ransbury @Mary Ellison @Sammy Harris @Lisa Jackson @Rebecca Schraeder @Janice Coppola @Valerie Simoen @Nikki Farquhar

𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 ✨ 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸. 👉 Head to the classroom here for more info: 👉 Watch the short video ❤️ Then share what you can below 👇 The whole image, a tiny piece of it, or just type "done" if you're not ready to share ❤️. ❤️ All count. -------------------------- @Tori Reid @Debbie Davies @Lisa Williams @Kimberly Puddester @Debbie Channing @Vickie Ransbury @Mary Ellison @Sammy Harris @Lisa Jackson @Rebecca Schraeder @Janice Coppola @Valerie Simoen @Nikki Farquhar @Jana Vojtkova @Joanna Halicka @Noelle Puffett @Virginia Cooper @Dani McGrath @Michelle T @Tina Burns @Kat Volls @Debera Eagles @Phil Linklater @Melanie Lapierre @Mary Gutierrez @Alisha Land @Shelley Merchant @Allison Ng @Mandy Schutz @Grodan Mattsson @Colette Bernadette Gonthier @Hayley Miles @Grace Beach

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 ✨ 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁. 👉 Head to the classroom here for more info: 👉 Watch the short video ❤️ Then share what you can below 👇 The whole image, a tiny piece of it, or just type "done" if you're not ready to share ❤️. ❤️ All count. -------------------------- @Dario Persechino @Robin Calvino @Meryl Battersby @Brenda Kennedy Rupp @PattySue Powell @Audra Brahma @Heather Oliveira @Linda Lee @Renee Shupe @Mary Beth Lewis @Patrick Y @Dorothee Skiba @Christina Janz @Malin Tvedt @Carole Thomas-Zabele @Bettina Larsen @Jennifer Alday @Abbie Rose @Eva Twombly @Cassandra Austin @Annie Gibson @Sandrine Foungui @Michelle Lawrence @Laura Alfano @Chloe Smith @Brittanierose Porter @Kathy Hale @Michelle Bruce @Amy Strait @Rosanne Baskin @Tammy Powers @Kimberly Pens @Anna Loimaranta