We are lauching an English account for Shimoda Sketch!🔥 . We will translate and post here our past tutorials here and various sketchs. We hope it will be useful for your daily drawing activities !💪

Observation tips : Bottle reflection and refraction.🥛🪟

It's good to draw freely, but it's also important to consciously practice controlling your lines. If you tend to fall back on bad habits or get sloppy, it might be worth paying a little more attention.💪

💡Tips on hand movement when drawing straight lines. ✍️

Observation tips : Hand Movement when Drawing Curves ✍️

For a while now, I feel like my sense of seeing surfaces in terms of colour has developed.⬆️.By changing color to match surface changes, three-dimensionality comes through. When i understood that, i thought this is what it means to paint with colour, i found it delightful !🤩

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You can draw by imagining you are connecting dots which are at the corners. 📌

If you can draw something with 1 single stroke, draw it with 1 stroke. ✏️. This reduces the amount of information your brain needs to process, making it easier to focus on the overall balance.

Notes on refraction and reflection in glass bottles 🔍

You can buy it from here ! 👀.

✨The English edition of the Shimoda Sketch series is finally here! . The first release is the most popular volume: Figure Drawing. Now available on Kindle and Amazon JP — check it out! 📚

Observation tips : Metal 💿

Observation tips : Wavy glass 🌊🥛

One reason why you can't draw what you see is because you draw lines without looking properly. Draw one line and then look at the actual object. If you get into the habit of repeating this, you will develop the ability draw what you accurately.🎯

Observation tips : Plastic cup 🥛

Even the hand that’s not in action can show character!

here's this idea applied on a more detailed drawing.

The heel line can be drawn with a U-shape, but using an S-shape at certain angles creates a stronger sense of depth 🦶

While moving the leg keep in mind that its rotation point is inside !

Being able to draw hands lets you express so many more scenes!