Sketchbook Exercises for Artistic Growth
Course final project
A course by Sarah van Dongen , Illustrator
Joined March 2020
About the final project for: Sketchbook Exercises for Artistic Growth
Sketchbook Exercises for Artistic Growth
“Congratulations! You have reached the end of this course. Thank you so much for joining me on this journey! It has been so much fun to share my experience and creative process with you. I hope you have learned something new and now feel more confident to develop your drawing skills, your imagination, and your own creative process. If you have already filled your sketchbook with the different exercises, now it's time to share it. But if not, don't worry! Take your time to finish the exercises. I strongly suggest you gather inspiration and choose your reference images consciously and make a unique project of your own. This course should ultimately help you develop your own style. Here are a few last tips I want to share with you: • Make it fun for yourself and at the same time push yourself to develop your artistic skills. • Also, trust the process, and remember that you will become a better artist as long as you keep drawing. • And don't forget: nothing you do is wrong, there are no rules. You will use your mistakes to keep growing.








Partial transcription of the video
“ Final Project Congratulations, you've reached the end of this course! I hope you enjoyed creating and filling your sketchbook. Now, I want to take you through some key points of this course. Remember to make using your sketchbook fun, but at the same time push yourself to grow your artistic skills. Also, I want you to trust the process and remember you will get better as long as you keep drawing. Don't forget there are no rules. Nothing you do is wrong. You can use your mistakes to keep growing. Note that you can share all your questions and sketches on the Forum, and that I will check th...”
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Course summary for: Sketchbook Exercises for Artistic Growth
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Fine Arts, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Sarah van Dongen
A course by Sarah van Dongen
Sarah van Dongen is a Dutch illustrator based in Amsterdam who is passionate about telling stories. She began her studies in comparative literature but enrolled in the MA in Children’s Books Illustration in Cambridge, UK after realizing she wanted to pursue a more creative career.
Sarah’s illustration work can be found in children’s books, stationery, newspapers, and magazines across the globe. Her clients include Flow Magazine, Adobe, Tiny Owl Publishing, and Ragged Bears Publishing, among others. Sarah enjoys exploring themes like gardens, food, social interactions, mental health, and her childhood. She doesn’t shy away from subjects like insecurity, loneliness, and loss, she expresses them in her sketches to help make these feelings more comprehensible.
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