Dare to Sketch

Felix Scheinberger is an illustrator, artist, and designer. He is the author and illustrator of three books on watercolor and has illustrated more than fifty children's books in the last decade. His work has appeared in many magazines, including Harvard Business Manager and Psychology Today. He lives in Berlin, Germany.

"The new go-to resource for anyone who has ever had interest in creating within a sketchbook."-STEVEN PETERMAN, founder of The Sketchbook Project

• Foreword7 Why use a sketchbook?The sketchbook8 Which sketchbook?11 Choosing a formatA book with personality12 Where to begin?14 Protecting your sketchbook17 Notes are permitted18 Journaling21 Doodling will set you free22 The right and wrong ways to drawTools24 Specialty pens27 Sepia ink29 Colored pencils31 Ballpoint pens32 And, of course, pencils36 Markers, glitter pens, and beyond39 Watercolors44 CollageExpressing yourself47 Visualizing your ideas48 Blind contour drawing51 Your line is you52 Mistakes are allowed!55 Drawing what you feel56 Drawing is not photography58 Letting imagination complete the picture61 Drawing the invisibleThe basics62 Shot settings and westerns64 Five types of shot settings68 Getting a feel for composition70 Weight and balance72 Collected works74 Perspective78 Depth and perspective80 Landscapes83 Nature84 Landscapes and time87 Coloring landscapes88 Landscapes in ink90 Light and shadow93 Depicting shadowsPeople95 People are not objects96 Friends98 Passersby101 Performers103 Hide and seek104 Use your head106 Portraits and caricature108 Nudes and proportionAnimals110 "It won't stop moving!"Architecture114 New and old places117 Consider the everyday118 Drawing buildingsThe right place120 Stay open123 Good and bad places124 Finding your spot127 Don't forget to draw the cars128 Cars mark the era130 Montages132 ObjectsTraveling134 When in Rome, see what the Romans see137 Travel drawings138 The journeying artist is not a tourist141 Drawing is a global language142 The right place at the right time144 Museums147 Panoramas149 Trifles and trufflesTaking it further151 Reality is not reality is not reality152 Everything is in flux154 Redoing drawings156 Using digital media157 Whatever happened to da Vinci's sketchbook?