Author: Imogen Faulkner
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How do you build a daily drawing habit that lasts?
I have drawn almost every evening for three years. Not long sessions, not polished artwork, just one small page at the kitchen bench before bed. Daily drawing establishes a creative routine that has quietly changed how I spend my evenings, and this post is everything I have learned about making that habit stick. Why I…
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Is doodling a real way to practice drawing?
I doodle in staff meetings at the Hobart library, on the back of shopping lists, and along the margins of training handouts. A few lines and geometric shapes appear under my pen whenever I need to unwind. For a long time I thought this was just fidgeting with ink. Quick answer: what is doodling and…
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What are zentangles and how do you start drawing them?
A few years ago a library patron in Hobart returned a book on pattern drawing with a pen tucked inside the cover. Nobody claimed either, so I took both home. That night at the kitchen bench I opened the book, copied a handful of patterns onto a scrap of paper and kept going until my…