I drew this in a cute park in Auburn, Alabama, on the way to a nephew’s birthday party. Another nephew was with us, who was dying to get to the birthday bouncy house fun. I sketched faster than the speed of light so we could get to that party.
I used whatever I could grab first, which happened to be an Inktense block, waterbrush filled with some kind of blue-y ink, and a brown pencil.
I scanned it and added it to my portfolio when we got home. Months later, I had a meeting with an agent who mentioned the drawing. She suggested creating a sequence with this character.
I decided to focus on sketching the environment first, and hoped the characters would fall into place. My only problem was I only spent a few minutes physically at the park and wondered how I’d develop new scenes from scratch.
Instead of adding several hours of drive time to my process, I went back to the park virtually using Google Maps! Watch the video for tips on transporting yourself back to magical locations you’ve captured in your sketchbook.
Practice Prompt
Revisit a location from a sketch you love and make more drawings from it. Share links to your locations in the comments below, so we can visit and draw from them too! I’ll create a chat for us to share our sketches.
