20 Wonderful Drawing Blogs
I’ve been posting drawing related links to Twitter now for over a year and have come across some wonderful blogs. I thought I’d share some of my favourites.
- Danny Gregory. Danny’s blog was one of the first drawing blogs I discovered and, together with his book Everyday Matters, was largely responsible for my picking up a pen and sketchbook. Recently redesigned, his blog provides a huge resource and source of inspiration for anyone interesting in drawing.
- Doodlers Anonymous Hooked on doodling, sketching and drawing? The contributors to Doodlers Anonymous all are.
- Drawn The best place for daily news and inspiration about all things drawn.
- FingerPainted.it Excellent site for anyone interested in drawing and painting on their iPhone or iPodTouch (and probably soon the iPad).
- Gemma Correll’s Daily Diaries (and her main site). Lovely drawings.
- Jours Chômés Martin Dessin always has exquisite pages from his sketchbook to look at over on his site.
- Keri Smith Along with Danny Gregory, Keri Smith and her inspirational blog were instrumental in getting me drawing (and blogging).
- Laura Barnard I Love Laura’s work. Check out her main site and her Flickr stream too.
- Marc Johns makes witty “serious” drawings.
- Moleskinerie Not strictly a drawing site, but I do love my Moleskines and this site has some great articles and links if you’re a fellow addict.
- Moonlight Chronicles Hobo artist Dan Price doesn’t have a blog that I know about, sadly, but I had to include him. He makes fantastic zines full of his drawings. Check out this free issue online.
- Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today? Kate Bingaman-Burt’s beautiful blog charting (and drawing) what she’s been buying.
- Sara Louise Tucker One of the things I love most about posting links to Twitter is that I regularly discover new (to me) artists and blogs. Sara’s site is one I came across very recently. I can’t get enough of her drawings.
- Storybird Clever online application where you can make your own illustrated stories. They also have a new Tumblr account full of beautiful things to look at.
- The Seattle Sketcher Gabi Campanario is a journalist and artist who works for The Seattle Times which regularly publish his drawings. He also is the founder of Urban Sketchers (see below).
- Tommy Kane makes great drawings. Check out his journals online.
- The Tools Artists Use interview artists and finds out what materials they like to use. Find out the tools I use here.
- Wagonized France Belleville makes beautiful drawings.
- Woolgathering I think of Elizabeth Perry’s work as the zen of drawing! Her simple lines always make me feel calm and are a constant reminder to try and keep my own life and work as pared down as possible.
- Urban Sketchers has grown into one of the must-visit drawing blogs on the web.
This is by no means an exhaustive list. There are plenty of other sites I love, visit regularly and post about on my Twitter stream. I’d love to hear some of your favourites too.


