Everyday Sketching: 31 Still Life Prompts by Jon Stich

All levels | 5 hours 3 sec

Everyday Sketching: 31 Still Life Prompts
Overview00:57
Day 1 - Gather your materials10:31
Day 2 - Mixing colors in gouache06:47
Day 3 - Apple05:22
Day 4 - Baseball cap09:40
Day 5 - Sneakers07:26
Day 6 - Stack of books09:47
Day 7 - Set of keys04:07
Day 8 - Hand05:23
Day 9 - Brown paper bag07:52
Day 10 - Dust pan06:33
Day 11 - Shirt08:47
Day 12 - Firewood07:44
Day 13 - Toaster05:33
Day 14 - Stack of glasses06:03
Day 15 - Rubber ducky10:49
Day 16 - Cilantro bunch12:00
Day 17 - Gerbera daisy10:44
Day 18 - Water pitcher13:03
Day 19 - Donut11:08
Day 20 - Cheese grater09:45
Day 21 - Onion10:23
Day 22 - Tree08:52
Day 23 - Basket07:28
Day 24 - Ceramic frog07:34
Day 25 - Red wine12:40
Day 26 - Jar of pickles14:16
Day 27 - Bottle of cleaner15:27
Day 28 - Self-portrait08:41
Day 29 - Cactus14:55
Day 30 - Pet portrait12:57
Bonus day - Plaid shirt16:49

Taught by Jon Stich

Buy For $49.95

Pricing Options

Artist, illustrator and educator Jon Stich encourages you to see everyday objects in a new light in this daily practice class. You’ll sketch using gouache, brush pens, and graphite pencils. After establishing a familiarity with the tools, color-mixing, and finding shadows, you’ll progress to illustrating objects from your day-to-day life. Jon Stich’s technical guidance will help you to identify value and compositional elements, and by working daily you will establish a routine that is both reflective and exploratory.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Kimberly graphite pencils in B, 2B, 4B
Pencil sharpener
Fine point pens such as Microns in sizes 005 and 02
Sakura Pigma FB brush pen
Sakura Pigma MB brush pen
Kuretake fountain brush pen
Kuretake no. 14 brush pen
Holbein or Windsor & Newton gouache in Primary White, Permanent Yellow, Pure Red, Katsura Blue
A variety of brushes; Jon uses Raphaél Kolinsky round brushes in sizes 2 and 4, a Raphaél Kolinsky SoftAqua size 18, Princeton bright brush size 8 and 6, Princeton Umbria flat brush size 8
9x12 Bristol Vellum paper
Enamel tray
Jar for water
Rag

Downloads:

Download Materials List Everyday_Sketching.pdf

Learn how to:

Work with a limited palette
Work with gouache
Identify value and shadows
Use a brush pen
Draw and paint from still life
Work with transparency and opacity
Create form in a drawing or painting

What you'll get:

A 30-day series of easy-to-follow video lessons and prompts for illustrating daily objects
31 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
Detailed supply list
Step-by-step instructions from artist Jon Stich
The ability to leave comments, ask questions and interact with other students