Drawn on the Way

A Guide to Capturing the Moment Through Live Sketching

by Sarah Nisbett

Pub Date 21 Dec 2021

Quarry Books

Art journaling is such a wonderful and rewarding hobby to have. Drawn on the Way contains many tips and techniques that would be helpful for the beginner, near beginner and intermediate artist who want to learn and improve what they put in their sketchbooks. I was very interested in the author's suggestions on how to "interrogate" and draw objects, how to look at things as composite shapes, using composition to tell a story, and how to find the "hook", among others. I discovered that I may have been tackling portraits wrongly! Using her technique, I saw some improvement right away. Drawing people is generally very hard though and journalers like me will need to practise a lot for sure!

4 stars