Table of Contents
FEELING SKETCHY? ...................................6
What Do I Need? ............................ 8
Materials ..............................................................10
Papers and sketchbooks ................................... 12
Colour chart ........................................................14
Fill a page: doodles and scribbles.................... 16
Getting Started .............................. 18
Practicalities .......................................................20
Sketching basics ................................................ 22
Sketch what you love ........................................ 24
Adding text ......................................................... 26
Quick drawing .................................................... 28
What Shall I Draw? ..................30
Drawing the everyday, every day ..................... 32
FOOD............................................................ 34
Fruit ...................................................................... 35
Biscuit .................................................................. 36
Fill a page: macarons ........................................ 37
Tea and coffee ................................................... 38
Draw what you eat.............................................40
Shopping list ...................................................... 42
PLANTS ....................................................... 44
House plants ......................................................45
Leaves .................................................................46
Fill a page: foliage ............................................. 47
Flowers ................................................................48
Different angles ................................................. 49
Trees ....................................................................50
ANIMALS ..................................................... 54
Pets ...................................................................... 55
Birds ..................................................................... 56
Fill a page: insects .............................................58
Imaginary creatures ..........................................60
Feathers .............................................................. 62
PEOPLE ........................................................ 64
People at home ................................................. 65
Newspapers and magazines ...........................66
Yourself ...............................................................68
Hands and feet ..................................................70
Fill a page: people on TV .................................. 72
FURNITURE&INTERIORS ........................74
Favourite chair ................................................... 75
Bed and bedclothes .......................................... 76
Perspective ......................................................... 78
Fill a page: furniture thumbnails.....................80
Bathroom fixtures ............................................. 82
STILL LIFE ................................................... 84
Cupboard contents ...........................................85
Bookcase ............................................................86
Fill a page: pockets/bags ................................88
Negative space ..................................................90
Collections .......................................................... 92
PRODUCTS ................................................. 94
Cereal boxes ....................................................... 95
Favourite product ..............................................96
Fill a page: make-up bag .................................98
Bottle of wine/gin ...........................................100
Morning or evening Items ............................... 101
PATTERNS ..................................................102
Rug or carpet ................................................... 103
Bricks and tiles ................................................. 104
Crockery ............................................................ 106
Fill a page: patterns in a single room ........... 108
Curtains.............................................................. 110
OUT THE WINDOW....................................112
Rain ......................................................................113
Different times ...................................................114
Frame details .....................................................116
Clouds .................................................................118
Fill a page: view from the window ................ 120
What Next? ........................................122
Showcasing and developing your work ........124
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ............................ 126
INDEX ......................................................... 127