Creative Resources

A beautiful new sketchbook can be a little frightening, because the pages are so clean and your drawings might not be. If you have ever left a sketchbook on the shelf for fear of spoiling it, here are seven gentle ways to lower the stakes and begin anyway.

Sketchbooking for beginners in autumn starts with one simple decision: pick up whatever pencil or pen is closest to hand, open a blank page, and make a mark on it. You don't need a fancy sketchbook, a full set of materials, or any idea what you're going to draw. You just need to start. Autumn is honestly one of the best times of year to begin. The evenings draw in, routines settle back into place after summer, and there's something about that cosy, back-to-normal energy that