Sketchbook

The Beginner’s Guide to Crosshatching

September 10, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 35 Comments
Sketchbook· Tutorials

What is Crosshatching?

Crosshatching is a technique that utilizes parallel, intersecting lines to shade an illustration. The denser the line spacing, the darker your object will appear. For example, take a look at the French flag below. The left represents dark blue, the middle is white (with some folds), and the right is red. Since the crosshatching density is different, we can tell that the color on the left side of the flag is darker than the color on the right side of the flag.

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Flourished Calligraphy Country or State Art Tutorial

July 16, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 8 Comments
Calligraphy· Dip Pen Calligraphy· Home Decor· Sketchbook· Tutorials

Earlier this week, I launched the Intermediate Modern Calligraphy Online Course. The course extensively covers flourishing, so I decided it was appropriate to give you a project suggestion to exercise your new skills! This flourished calligraphy country (or state) art tutorial is an intermediate project that will exercise your eye for embellishment. Equally importantly, you’ll end up with a gift-worthy piece of artwork that’s bound to make someone’s day! Here are the simple steps to make it:

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How to Draw 3D Letters

June 11, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 6 Comments
Everyday Skills· Hand-Lettering· Sketchbook· Tutorials

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a tutorial called How to Hand Letter Like a Pro. In the course of the tutorial, I ask you to write 3D letters … and yet, no 3D letter tutorial existed on the TPK website! That changes today. In this article, I’ll teach you how to draw 3D letters using a ruler, a pencil, and a pen.
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A “Processing It All” Sketchbook Page (June 2020)

June 4, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 15 Comments
Sketchbook

When I was a junior in high school (2006), everyone in my class had a history assignment. You picked a year, then you made some sort of project over everything that happened that year. I chose 1973, and as I created my project — an illustrated handmade book — I couldn’t help but notice how chaotic and dramatic all of the events seemed. Watergate, hostages at Wounded Knee, the Vietnam War coming to an end … it was a lot.
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Sharing My Sketchbook So Far

May 21, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 18 Comments
Roundup· Sketchbook

My sketchbook passion took root in high school. Every year, my art teacher supplied us with fresh new sketchbooks, and every year, I relished working in mine. Now that I’m older, I still love working in a sketchbook, even if I go in spurts! There are some months that I create several pages, and others that I’m just not feeling it. Part of the goal of today’s article is to show you that a sketchbook isn’t a project that puts pressure on you! Instead, it waits patiently and is ready whenever you feel like adding interest to its pages.
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How to Hand Letter Like a Pro

May 14, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 7 Comments
Hand-Lettering· Sketchbook

Learning how to hand letter requires one main thing: patience. All the best hand lettering pieces start with a pencil draft, which you’ll probably modify several times before it’s just right! After that, you’ll still need to go over your work with ink. All that time isn’t a deal-breaker for me: to create today’s piece, I put on a good audiobook (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before — such a sweet story!) and gratefully soaked up every second of creativity! Here’s how to make this piece and others like it:
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