Sketchercise: exercises to loosen up your drawing. 12: Draw, draw, draw…

To make lively and expressive drawings, grab as many drawing tools as you can, and use them all. Mix the traditional and non-traditional. Let your drawing build up by drawing over and over each layer. Hold the drawing implements loosely and twist and move your hand as you draw. Keep to a limited colour palette so it doesn’t get too messy. Here I am drawing from a bouquet of flowers off camera. I use contour drawing and look for interesting lines and shapes, moving around the page, drawing over previous marks, varying the marks I make, layering up the drawing. This drawing took an hour or so to make but I’ve put some clips together and speeded them up for you. See how many drawing tools you can count. Watch the image emerge!