Sketchbook Fury – the Art Ninja’s Guidebook
Instructor: Graham Smith
Start Date: March 7, 2016
A 4 video series by Graham ” the paper junkie” Smith: MMA (mixed media artist) Black Belt, illustrator, filmmaker, and nerd – on sketchbook strategy, building drawing skills, developing ideas, and executing finished art.
1. Build Your Dojo – Now Open!
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Move into your sketchbook, add accessories, create an inspirational environment for drawing, info page, envelopes, folders, pen holders, and a secret spot for a razor blade. Prepare for training. Materials: Strathmore Sketchbook, any size, spiral bound. Skills required: measuring, cutting paper, taping and gluing.
2. Overcome Fear – Now Open!
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AKA “perfection paralysis”, by better understanding the creation process. “Let It Go”. Plant seeds in idea garden, grow ideas by layering. Let the force flow through you, young Padawan. Be free. Color wash paper. Collage. Learn to set a routine that fits into your actual life – The Coffee Cup Parable. Materials: Strathmore Sketchbook, any size, spiral bound. Skills required: dedication and adventure.
3. Basic Skills – Now Open!
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Develop ideas worth fighting for. Chase your dreams strategically, do your skills workout, draw the world around you, find personal inspiration, develop your fighting style, follow a theme, create your own IP. Mixed Media battle practice. Materials: Strathmore Sketchbook, any size, spiral bound. Skills required: planning, drawing, painting, going with the flow.
4. Sketchbook Strongman – Now Open!
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Execute final art. Sketch to finished drawing strategy. New school solution – Scan, Photoshop, and reprint. Old school solution- grid enlargement, light box, use tracing paper for refinement/ transfer. How to select paper for sketch, and finish. Materials: Strathmore 18″x24″ recycled drawing paper/ Strathmore series 500 mixed media paper, 18×24, drawing board, tracing paper, sketch paper. Mixed Media. Skills required: measuring, drawing, tracing, planning, and optimism.
Tools: scissors, ruler, razor blade, 2″ tape, glue, cutting mat, 1″ flat paint brush, #8 round watercolor brush.
Environmental Supplies: Use environment for advantage in battle. Collect all kinds of paper and keep it in a box – with printing on it is ok, collect cardboard (the flat kind) file folders, photos, postcards, or cereal boxes. It’s all about up-cycling, and re-using free stuff. Whatever is plentiful in your area, use that (but only the cool-looking stuff).
Paper: Strathmore sketchbook, any size, spiral bound is versatile and upgradable to a ninja level status, skills training dojo. Strathmore tracing paper, drawing paper, and drawing boards are used in the final video.
The month of March begins your Art Ninja Training with “Sketchbook Fury – the Art Ninja’s Guidebook”, a 4 part video series. Secure a defensible location, and survey your environment for supplies.
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