{"id":20296,"date":"2025-09-16T00:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T00:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20296"},"modified":"2025-11-23T18:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:30:55","slug":"painting-backstories-about-sketching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20296","title":{"rendered":"Painting Backstories: About sketching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There are probably very few painters who have never created a study of a subject by way of a rough sketch. To me, sketches still feel very familiar, because I started out my career in art with pencil and charcoal. I still like to sketch, or doodle with these mediums. But I also still use it to find out what the best approach is to a certain subject I want to paint at a later time. It takes the ‘preciousness’ out of the beginnings of a difficult topic and makes the empty canvas less daunting. One can be unencumbered and experimental and try out different ways of portraying the subject while sketching. I actually wrote a blog post about sketches, that you can find a reference to below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An ode to the humble sketch<\/a><\/blockquote>