Committing to sketching every day can be the key to successfully making art every day. The secret to this lies in finding out what is doable and fits into your daily life, so to make your sketching habit doable and realistic. The magical thing is that if you can get just a tiny sketch habit […]
I just recorded this sketching session for my upcoming “Sketching for Life – Challenge 2023”, taking place june 16th – 26th 2023. You can read more this here: https://atelieridaandersenlang.simplero.com/page/290067 In the above video I muse about why it is so important to draw from real life, and how it connects us to the beauty around […]
When you start drawing in graphite, it´s always a bit confusing what materials to start with. In this video I show you my basic set of materials for graphite drawing and beyond. View this video for a checklist of basic pencil materials, plus get inspired on how to expand your set from there. * * […]
To grow really good and solid drawing skills, you need to consistently practice them. Employing different approaches, a variety of motifs and put your self in different drawing situations. It´s something I´ve experimented with for many years, to find and develop my artistic voice. And at the same time honing my drawing skills and staying […]
Yesterday I did this sweet, sketchy life drawing (life drawing means drawing from real life, rather than from photographic references) of some of my favourite seashells, on my table. Just a short, fun session, around 30 minutes of drawing. Playing around with the graphite and also with some magic touches of gold (which I luv […]
So today, I want to show you how I go about filling up my watercolor pans with refill color from a watercolor paint tube. You can just go and buy new pans, and it’s very very convenient. But in the long run it’s up to 5 times as expensive (or more) as buying tubes […]
I am super happy to invite you to my annual, free event Wish upon a Star 2023. This is the fourth year I am hosting this creative and vitalizing art retreat, and I am so looking forward to it. I just recorded this little video with musings from my creative heart to yours. * * […]
I am exited and grateful to invite you to Wish upon a Star 2023, free online painting retreat. * * * It is the fourth time, I host this free, annual online painting retreat. I can´t believe how time flies, and I can´t believe all the creative bliss, inspiration and friendship this free reatreat has […]
In this video I show you how to pick a beautiful and balanced selection of colored pencils. I walk you through my hand picked set of beautiful colored pencils to create beautiful dreamy colored pencil art. It´s my favourite 28 colors.
Embracing the unknown in your art making process. Thoughts on how to work through the fear of the white paper and cultivate a blissful open mindset of creation. * * * This story was first published in my creative newsletter, that helps you unfold your artist within. Get it in your inbox and stay inspired. […]