Drawn on the Way

Such a lovely book, written with passion and lots of encouragement. From simple sketches to more intricate drawings, the author shows how you can take objects, scenes, and people from everyday life and use them to inspire your art. I also loved the easy-flowing tone of the narrative, as though the author was there, talking to you and guiding you. There are lots of great ideas to start you off; nothing is too simplistic, and she shows how even errors can become part of your artwork. A great book for anyone who needs a little help with their creativity. Highly recommend.

Drawn on the Way is an inspiring book that helps beginner to intermediate artists use experiences and observations from everyday life to produce art. It includes simple sketches to more detailed projects. The author encourages you to tell a story with your sketches by focussing on important details that reveal something about the person or object. She teaches different techniques such as contour drawing and line work. A really interesting and unique art book.

Art journaling is such a wonderful and rewarding hobby to have. Drawn on the Way contains many tips and techniques that would be helpful for the beginner, near beginner and intermediate artist who want to learn and improve what they put in their sketchbooks. I was very interested in the author's suggestions on how to "interrogate" and draw objects, how to look at things as composite shapes, using composition to tell a story, and how to find the "hook", among others. I discovered that I may have been tackling portraits wrongly! Using her technique, I saw some improvement right away. Drawing people is generally very hard though and journalers like me will need to practise a lot for sure!

Drawn on the Way by Sarah Nisbett is a brilliant book for helping to learn how to sketch. From when to do it and how to do it. Featuring instructions for many different projects, it’s easy to follow and easy to use.

I love Sarah’s Instagram and I really enjoyed this book. When I was a child and in my early teens, I loved drawing. But then I got put off and self-conscious and stopped. Last year I started painting, but abstract, the idea of trying to draw relatively realistically was still a no. But I did some of the exercises in this book and actually enjoyed it. And managed a couple of good drawings too. I’m excited to keep trying. A really simple, encouraging, and inspiring book.

Awesome book inspiring to draw. without any limits. The author explained her journey and along which how to approach drawing each subjects and laid back approach to do so.

I really enjoyed how much this book suggests exercises and practices that push back against the perfectionism that can make it hard to stay with a drawing practice. All the exercises are pretty quick and encourage the reader to start drawing wherever they are with whatever they have with them.