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Charlotte Belland
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Animal Illustrator / Educator at Columbus College of Art & Design / Draw All the Animals! cbelland.myportfolio.com
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*small angry sounds* … a doodle from
class… #yorkie
A black and white sketch of a little yorkie with a top knot and a grumpy attitude. Doodle by Charlotte Belland
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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If your gesture sketches aren’t working, try not-looking! 😉 #gesturesketch
A four panel comic that talks about how to start a gesture sketch. The point is to hold an image or description in your head and keep your head down while you make your initial flow sketch. This locks in the pose! Comic by Charlotte Belland
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Fun to compare different sketch-times: top is >30 seconds and bottom is >1 minute. Limiting time can generate different results!
Quick sketches of chameleons by Charlotte Belland. Both are black ink on white paper. Top one was sketched in less than 30 seconds (scribbly lines). Bottom one was sketched in under one minute. The image visually compares the same subject with different sketching times.
October 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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CCAD Alumni: I learned that Battelle Hall has a basement! In all the years of Halloween parties, classes, etc., I thought it was a slab foundation!
Columbus Ohio, Columbus College of Art and Design, photo of basement entrance in Battelle Hall. Marine stairs leading down to a green, metal door. Very spoopy!
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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One swoosh of a second! One of my guests from the Ohio School of Falconry serving up amazing poses! Gesture Sketching is Art School’s Gym Class.
September 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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As seen at work: a feisty cockatiel pin by @kenspinhustle.bsky.social
An enamel pin of a feisty cockatiel designed and produced by Ken’s Pin Hustle. Pin is on a denim jacket.
August 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Central Ohio! Today! Sewing Hive, Wild Cat Gift & Party, Sew to Speak, Good Dea Craft School,Dye Mad Yarns,Tuft Itties/Crass, Concepts, Studio 614, 614 Knit Studio, Craft Raccoon, Stained Glass Corner, Makers Social, The Kiln Room, Chartreuse Supply Shop, Bareclay, YarnIt& Haberdashery, Natterdoodle
Central Ohio Craft Crawl image. Event takes place Sat August 16, 2025
August 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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What’s it like being a Chair of an Academic Department? Sometimes you are doing paperwork, or meeting with students… or you are using duck-tape to fix an ottoman in the gallery…
A photograph of a black pleather ottoman in the background, a hand holds black duck-tape in the foreground. Tape used to fix the ottoman (where a student thought the surface of an ottoman was a GREAT place to cut mat board… what the hell…). Photo taken in the Cloyd Family Animation Center at Columbus College of Art and Design.
August 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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The 2nd printing run of Draw All the Animals is available online! (and in person at the Ampersand Emporium!) Thank you to everyone who reached out! 🧡 (working on international shipping!)

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August 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The Birds of YAY are cheering for you! #slayqueen #bootsthehousedown
A cartoon labeled “Birds of YAY!” featuring an Osprey, Harris’s Hawk, Northern Harrier and a Great Horned Owl. Birds are saying “Huzzah!” “Awesome!” “Kick-ass!” and “woo-hoo!” Drawing by Charlotte Belland
July 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Drawing chickens? May I offer you a baguette? #drawingtips
Chicken drawing tutorial that shows how to draw a simple chicken in a 3/4 view. The result is a cartoonish, smiling chicken. One of the silly tips is to draw a baguette for the comb! Tutorial by Charlotte Belland
July 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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A quick sketch tutorial and tips page featuring a miniature horse! Happy sketching!
Gesture sketching tutorial that shows a step by step approach. Three drawings that show the progression of each stage of the sketch. Sketch subject is a miniature horse. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
July 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Happy Philly Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨ From the 600-foot pride flag we carried, to the inclusive community, and the Batala Philly drummers #batalaphilly this was one of my favorite Pride March experiences!
June 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A quick sketch of our foster cockatiel… she throws the best side-eye! #cockatielsketch
A sketch of a cockatiel with a little color to show the Smokey grey feathers with a touch of yellow and orange on the face. The cockatiel is turned to face screen left and is throwing some serious side eye. Drawing by Charlotte Belland
May 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Use your mark-making to visually define the adjectives of your subject! #drawingtips #sketchingtips
A drawing tutorial that shows how the energy of mark-making / how you draw your lines can be used to visually define the adjective of the pose. Drawings of little conure parrots that show how their neck feathers can show emotion. Drawings by Charlotte Belland
May 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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It’s warBLUR time! Had a blast at Biggest Week In American Birding! #artsyfartsy
May 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Happy #WorldDonkeyDay to all who celebrate!
A drawing of a brown donkey, side view, facing screen left. The donkey has a little smoke and orange eyes. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
May 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Everyone stop what you are doing and check out these amazing bird pins! Such cheeky characters! Darling designs! Thank you Ken! @kenspinhustle.bsky.social
Fabulous enamel pins of hookbill birds by Ken Fiskorne, KensPinHustle. Macaw, budgie, and cockatiels.
May 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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A one-minute Atlantic Puffin sketch! Practicing lots of seabirds for the Wild Wonder @wildwonder.bsky.social Hog Island Nature Journaling Retreat!
A black and white sketch of an Atlantic Puffin fluttering its wings in a “hug” pose. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
May 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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⭐️ Draw All the Animals is officially released! Available in-person at the Ampersand Emporium at Columbus College of Art & Design, M-F 9am - 4pm, 91 Cleveland Ave, Columbus OH 43215, 614-222-3253. On-line ordering coming soon! #DrawAlltheAnimals
April 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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I made a book! It will be available at Columbus College of Art & Design Ampersand Emporium and online next week! Let’s Draw All the Animals! #drawalltheanimals
April 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Quick sketch stage one: rough, silhouetted shape 20-ish seconds. Stage two, all the fun details 90-ish seconds #quicksketch #owlsketch
Image 1 of 2. Quick outline silhouette in black ink on newsprint of a northern screech owl. Drawn by Charlotte Belland Image 2 of 2. Details such as eyes, feathers and feet added to silhouette drawing of a screech owl. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
April 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Hello #PortfolioDay 😊 I’m a Professor and Department Chair at Columbus College of Art & Design and I love sketching and drawing animals!
A sketch of a silly sulfur cockatoo with its wings out. Drawn by Charlotte Belland A sketch of a camel and a horses running together on a green field. Drawn by Charlotte Belland Two black and white drawings of a Columbus Zoo penguin named Trout. Drawn by Charlotte Belland A drawing of an Australian Shepherd whose face has a snarky expression. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
April 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Stay visible! 🩵💕🤍💕🩵
A horse sketch to honor Trans Visibility Day 2025. Horse is blue, pink, and white with a flowing mane and tail. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
April 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Screeching intensifies… a roughly 1-2 minute quick sketch of a screech owl in flight. #quicksketch
A black and white quick sketch of a flying screech owl. The owl is flying towards the viewer. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
March 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM