A Creative Habit to Make
Five accomplished artists open their sketchbooks and reveal the secrets to making sketching a part of your life.
By Joanne Moore

Sketching Safari
Artist Kim Donaldson explores his native Africa with sketchbook in hand and records once-in-a-lifetime experiences in memorable drawings.
By Loraine Crouch

Fast and Free
Forego the pencil and grab a paintbrush. Watch your sketches come to life with these tips for sketching from life directly in watercolor.
By Irwin Greenberg

Become a Better Artist … Sketch Every Day
Practical advice from master artist Chris Van Winkle on capturing the essence of a scene with a few simple marks.
By Maureen Bloomfield

Have Sketchbook, Will Travel: A Painting Holiday in Greece
How to get the most out of any painting expedition, including what you'll need and where to go.
By Jean Grastorf

The Stealth Sketcher
Get the inside scoop on sketching people on the sly. Plus, 28 of the best places to do it.
By Allison Rost

Home and Away
Two world-class artists show you 14 fast and easy techniques for recording ideas that can be turned into paintings or keeping a diary of the changing seasons.
By Jill Bays and Irwin Greenberg

Art in the Everyday
A writer learns to paint, Picasso's one-liners, keeping a dream journal and more to inspire your artistic journey.

Book Reviews
Four must-have books you'll want to add to your shelves.
By Patricia Craft Watson

Tools You'll Use
Eight cool tools you'll enjoy no matter where or why you sketch—whether to collect ideas for paintings, to work out color mixes or tricky compositions, or simply to enjoy the art of the quick sketch.
Edited by Katherine Mesch

Picture This
Encounter the mind of a master: Peek inside the sketchbooks of Leonardo da Vinci.

Sketching 101

The Art of Scribbling
Capture the energy and form of your subject with fun and easy gesture drawings.
By Greg Albert

The Flat Truth
Develop a knack for creating a quick likeness of what you see by mastering the contour drawing.
By Greg Albert

Capturing the Moment
Build on your contour and gesture drawing skills to create more detailed sketches with these simple tips.
By Butch Krieger