Finalise your sketches

All too often I see students becoming frustrated that they can’t reproduce what they see accurately enough. They want to give up and even throw the work away. I think artists (at all levels of ability) are sometimes unrealistic about what they are trying to achieve, their hopes and expectations can be dashed and confidence can plummet.

I would argue that it is not their skill that fails them, but their approach, so I concentrate on a more mindful process that is less stressful and born from our natural ability to scribble, make marks and doodle. My previous articles have looked at a process for drawing in free flowing lines, marks and shapes that are quick, fun and natural to do. It is a technique that I like to think