Letters About Drawing
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133 / Portrait Mode
I’m back in the sketchbook for the first time in more than a year!
• 1 minute read
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124 / You Can Draw Anything!
Lessons I’ve learned from creating & publishing my first zine
• 4 minute read
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120 / Visual Storytelling (in Three Acts)
A step-by-step guide to the many choices a filmmaker or comics artist makes in telling a story.
• 8 minute read
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114 / Ink and Inspiration
New drawings from my latest sketchbook and inspiring quotes from great artists to spark your creativity.
• 2 minute read
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111 / Taking The Boat Out
The unexpected benefits of writing and drawing short stories and some advice from the masters.
• 5 minute read
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105 / Noticing What You Notice
Trusting that something is interesting simply because you find it interesting…a radical act of self-love.
• 2 minute read
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098 / March 26th, 2013
I realised there was something that I really wanted to do…and then carried on doing other things — for eight years!
• 3 minute read
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097 / Portrait Of A Year
I drew myself every week for a year - and now I see myself transformed.
• 4 minute read
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095 / Fill More Sketchbooks!
A new year is a perfect time to start a new daily sketchbook habit. Here’s some more advice on how to make it work.
• 5 minute read
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094 / How I Made a Comic Short Story
A step-by-step breakdown of making my four-page comic Negroni With A Twist - with lots of pictures!
• 5 minute read
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092 / Another Story About The Universe
Big Magic is everywhere, if you know where to look. Plus a new film I’ve made is now out!
• 2 minute read
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089 / The Professional Beginner
As we get older, it gets harder to be a beginner - but that is where the adventure lies!
• 2 minute read
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085 / Storytelling Panel By Panel
The third and final guest letter, with some useful advice on plotting out the panels of a comic.
• 4 minute read
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083 / Get Better Faster
The first in a short series of guest letters from Third Something readers, sharing their own ideas about creativity and visual storytelling.
• 4 minute read
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076 / Miles And Miles Of Squares
A fun warm-up exercise for your sketchbook that improves your technical skills at the same time.
• 2 minute read
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072 / Maybe It Is Not What You Achieve, But Who You Inspire
Apparently seeing inside my sketchbook has inspired lots of you start drawing again - and that’s wonderful!
• 3 minute read
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071 / The Lockdown Diaries
I’ve been keeping a visual journal during lockdown and I’ve learned to pay attention to the little things.
• 4 minute read
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067 / The Sketchbook Problem
Sketchbooks are supposed to be a place for creative freedom. But rarely feel like that. A very long post with lots of pictures!
• 10 minute read
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062 / Spirals
I’ve just finished my first sketchbook of the year! Here are some things I’ve learned.
• 3 minute read
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060 / Stormy Weather
A short comic about weathering my own personal storms this month.
• 1 minute read
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059 / Ink And Gifts
Your hand-painted postcards are on their way! Here’s a step-by-step process of how I made them.
• 5 minute read
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058 / A Kind of Aliveness I Live For
A crucial distinction for all artists - you don’t think in order to draw, you draw in order to think.
• 3 minute read
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054 / Rock, Chalk and Ink
You share your advice on keeping a daily sketchbook practice and I try to do some simple drawing exercises.
• 3 minute read
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053 / Fill Sketchbooks!
My plan for 2020 is to fill as many sketchbooks as I can, starting with filling pages of collage. Plus some advice on keeping a sketchbook.
• 3 minute read
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052 / End of Season Finale
I have published a newsletter a week for a whole year! But what next? Plus an update on my postcards project.
• 3 minute read
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050 / Ink and Card
I’ve just come up with an idea for an exciting project and I want to tell you all about it!
• 2 minute read
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043 / Hobbies Update
I’m nervous about this letter - I’m letting you see my first attempts at drawing real life models.
• 3 minute read
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032 / Hobbies
How I have denied myself a hobby for most of my life - until this summer.
• 4 minute read
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026 / Your Questions, Answered
A Q&A session with Third Something Readers - I answer questions about filmmaking and my creative process.
• 8 minute read