Daler-Rowney Simply Soft Cover Sketchbook is perfect for sketches and drawings. Our sketchbook features unlined paper ideal for any dry technique, such as pen, charcoal, or pencil. Experienced and novice artists alike can add their favorite sketches from a cartoon drawing to a self-portrait on the white pages of this leather-like cover sketchbook, which comes with a bookmark, an inner accordion pocket, and an elastic band closure. It is light and portable, making it easier than ever to take your sketches on the go. Grab your favorite Daler-Rowney art supplies, become your own artist, and let your imagination run wild with doodles, elaborate drawings, and other artwork and sketchbook ideas. The Daler-Rowney Simply Soft Cover Sketchbook is perfect for capturing your original art and tracking your progress as you add to your art collection.

Daler-Rowney Simply Soft Cover Sketchbook, 3.5" x 5.5", 72 Sheets

• Soft, white, -free, unlined paper with a soft cover
• 72 sheets of paper included
• Ideal for any dry technique, such as pen or pencil
• Best for pencil, pen, and charcoal drawing and sketching
• Useful for both hobbyists and professional artists
• Comes with a bookmark, inner accordion pocket, and an elastic band closure
• Light and portable, making it perfect for any artist on the go

How to Become Better at Drawing:

1. Learn how to hold your pencil: Place the pencil between your forefinger and thumb on your dominant hand. Try holding it about a fourth of the way up from the tip. For basic drawing, you don't want to hold your pencil too close to the tip or you won't be able to move it enough, whereas holding it too far back won't give you enough control. Maintain a loose enough grip so that you can move your fingers, hand, and wrist.
2. Practice basic techniques: Practice drawing basic shapes freehand. A lot of what you draw is essentially made up of shapes like circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, and triangles. Your art will incorporate these shapes in different ways to form an image. Practice shading. Fill a sheet of drawing paper with 2 centimeter boxes and number them off. Leave the first block blank, then very lightly shade the first block. As you continue to each new block, make it a darker shade until the last box is colored in black, creating a shading gradient reference guide.
3. Draw what you see around you: the best way to improve your drawing abilities is going back to the basics! Find an ordinary object around you and begin drawing it. Look at how the light source casts a shadow on and around the object. You can tell where a light source is coming from because the shadow will be pointing site the light, and this will help you to understand how to shade an object and incorporate depth. Consider proportions and dissect the object into the basic shapes you practiced before.

Welcome to Daler-Rowney

Our products touch the lives of artists in every step of their artistic journey, from early childhood drawings to abstract canvases to adorn walls. We endeavor to inspire artists of all ages and open up new rtunities for their need to create.

Enjoy the experience!

• great for doodling and note taking!.