Sketchbook Challenge
2020
Challenge 1
Markmaking and Line
A great place to start, my first sketchbook challenge!
Challenge 3
No colourng in
Another challenge for you, a bit of a long video but I didn't expect to go SO drastically wrong with that 2nd image…
Challenge 6
Every Minute on the Minute
Oh my gosh PURE adrenaline working on these pieces, strap in and get ready! This one is a fun one!
Challenge 9
Narrative Panels
This started when I was drawing on location earlier in the month and I thought it would be a fun …
Challenge 12
Simplifying an Image Pt.2
If you've not done Pt1 you don't need to before this video but we will combine the challenges at the end
Challenge 12 - 26
January Challenge
You can find all these videos here on the contents page or I’ve linked them all together on Patreon
Challenge 29
Narrative Challenge 1 - Before and After
A three-panel comic is a simple story structure, you can think of the panels as the very basic story telling act – beginning middle and end
challenge 32
Mark Making, Play, Understanding Materials
A quick video this month but one which refrences back to the first ever Sketchbook Challenge in 2020 (which you can find here)
Challenge 35
Composition - variation of scale
Challenge 38
Drawing From Moving Image
Challenge 2
Collecting reference Pt 1
Part 1 is about collecting reference from around you…
challenge 4
texture
I recommend you set up your own still life with contradicting textures…
2021
Challenge 7
Upsidedown Horse
Join me for some upside down drawings! We did this a few months ago as part of a drawing date…
Challenge 10
One Colour
I'm challenging you to gather up just one colour (across all different mediums) and use that to create an image.
2022
Challenge 27
Depth with markmaking
I really want to teach you skills which you can use to create your own work. Everything I teach in these sketchbook challenges are things I use both in my illustration work
challenge 30
Narrative Challenge 2 - Different perspective
Using your 3-panel narrative from challenge 1 create a new comics from different perspectives…
challenge 33
Composition
Something a bit different this month, I've recorded this video in three parts. An intro talking about basic compositional rules
2023
Challenge 36
Questions for Your Sketchbook
Challenge 39
Bonus - How to Approach Combining Images
Challenge 2
Collecting reference Pt 2
Part 2 is all about using the reference you gathered in part1
Challenge 5
Working over tricky materials
I know it can be scary when you're first starting out to try something new …
Challenge 8
Revisiting Markmaking
Before you start - gather a whole range of materials which you have in the house…
Challenge 11
Simplifying an Image Part 1
I think this image has quite a few tricky challenges but also a good structure to work from…
Challenge 28
Approaching a tricky drawing
Disclaimer - this video is a bit of a fail but I think there's some good advice in here ...
Challenge 31
Narrative Challenge 3 - Research and Develop
Create 1 x three / four panel narrative based on research.
Challenge 34
perspective
I hope you enjoy this one, its really blown my mind thinking about approaching image making!
