Sketching before I paint is key | Studio Vlog & Art Process

Realistic look at a week in my life as an artist preparing for a painting and unlocking the power of a reference image. Watch as I take a reference and process it through sketches to define how I will make it my own. My personal style comes out in this journey as I break down my observation of an image. Drawing is a way of knowing something deeply and how can we paint before becoming familiar and highly aware of what it is we're making. So stick around and hang out while I work through a pencil sketch and a mixed media drawing in preparation for my next painting. I share my honest thoughts on the process, why I value sketching first and what I get out of the drawings.
If you want to develop your own style, I share my own experience without how sketching before a painting and observing you reference in multiple ways helps you unique self come out on the page.