Working in a series of 100 sketches gives you the freedom to experiment with your tools and your techniques without wasting time thinking about “what you’re going to sketch today”. In fact, you may find that it forces you to experiment because after sketching the same object twenty times you’re tired with your old way of looking at and thinking about your object. It forces you ask yourself what another way of sketching it might be. By trying new methods and various tools, your drawing skills become stronger. Your design skills and your techniques will also become stronger.
I’ve created this class with the intent of inspiring you to create your own series of 100 sketches and paintings. Setting a goal to create 100 works of art inspired by one object, subject or theme is a fun way to hone your skills, develop your personal style and explore new techniques, tools and color schemes.
In the first video of examples I share the series of Broken Trumpet Parts created between April 11, 2011 and June 17, 2012. The series was inspired by a box of broken trumpet parts purchased at a yard sale for $10. Over a period of fourteen months I explored various techniques: squiggle drawing; rendering using parallel lines; drawing with ink using a fountain pen, dip pen and/or brush; watercolor; oil paint; markers. I used canvas, loose paper and sketchbooks.
