take figures out of their boxes btw. sew patches on your favorite jacket. go to bed with your favorite plushes. wear the pants you usually save for special occasions. draw something cool on your wall. put a sticker on your laptop. dye your hair and pierce your lips. glass is meant to break, metal is meant to rust. items are meant to be used. that's how the world knows that somebody loved them.
USEFUL MATERIALS
sketchbook
pencil set
waterproof fineliners
white pen
watercolours
acrylics
pastels
inks
copic markers
brushes
travel brushes
gouache
oil paints
craft knife
TUTORIALS
lighting a face
add variety to faces
skin colours
curly hair tutorial
clothes folds
draped fabric
shoes
add a glow
furnish a room
skylines
trees watercolour
ARTIST INSPO
Breugel
Vanitas
Rembrandt
Claude Monet
Camille Pisarro
Odilon Redon
Picasso
Van Gogh
Surrealism
Matisse
Chagall
Arthur Rackham
Andy Warhol
Tove Jansson
Peter Doig
Cornelia Parker
Grayson Perry
Damien Hirst
Tracy Emin
REFERENCE
pose creator
more pose references
sketchbook inspo
book of sketchbooks
le-dessin
Collins artist manual
Artsy
TATE youtube
National Portrait Gallery instagram
Royal Academy instagram
The art assignment
Hope this helps! Get creating x
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