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Evan Kitson
@evankitson.bsky.social
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Draftsman, painter, instructor, anatomist, curator, collector, and all-around art enthusiast.
https://theopensketchbook.com
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Simple head structure demos from a while back

#clay #sculpture #anatomy #headstudy
February 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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What’s your favorite go-to doodle? Mine is obviously skulls 💀

#graphite #horse #skull #sketchbook #drawing
February 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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New demo video in still-life club (free):

learn.theopensketchbook.com/courses/stil...
February 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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New newsletter:
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#tonalstudy #sketchbook #drawing
February 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Red pencil sketch
#coloredpencil #sketchbook #drawing #fromlife
February 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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#coloredpencil #drawing #colorstudy #sketchbook
February 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Oil demonstration: Limited Palette of Ivory Black, Titanium White, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, and Terre Verte (WIP)

#skull #oilpainting #paintingdemo #limitedpalette #painting #wip
February 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Graphite portrait demo, thinking of drawing as sculpture

#drawing #graphite #portraitdrawing #drawingdemo #artclass
February 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Sketchbook figure studies

#figuredrawing #sketchbook #fromlife #graphite #coloredpencil
February 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Tonal jawbone studies in my sketchbook

#graphite #sketchbook #drawing #stilllife #anatomy
February 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I get asked about crosshatching all the time- here’s an old YouTube video where I show a few ideas

youtu.be/yjQkCjzrqwg

#drawing #crosshatching #hatchmarks #sketching
February 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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New newsletter this morning!

theopensketchbook.kit.com/posts

#art #productivity #creativity #sketchbook #drawing #painting
January 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Oil painting demonstration for my painting 1 students. Love using colored lights to help students observe color relationships better when they’re learning 🎨

#portrait #painting #oilpainting #artclass #fromlife
Portrait, painting demonstration in oils, using colored light gels. Red light accent, and bold brushstrokes.
January 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Work in progress: graphite cast drawing, rear view of an anatomy bust.

#drawing #castdrawing #wip #graphite
Graphite cast drawing of the back of a plaster bust’s head
January 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Graphite sketches with colored pencil notes

#sketchbook #figuredrawing #handstudy #pencildrawing
Sketchbook drawing of a hand study and a female figure study with a skull still-life
January 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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My online sketchbook development course starts this evening!

learn.theopensketchbook.com/courses/sket...

#sketchbook #drawing #onlineclass #artclass
January 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Red, black, and white chalk

#chalk #drawing #crosshatching #skull #troiscrayons
January 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Zygomatic bone/form studies ✏️

#structuraldrawing #graphite #skull #portraitdrawing #sketchbook
January 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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I’ve been writing a lot about developing habits in my newsletter this month- this blog post is about how to break up your time into chunks when you engage with your habit if you’re not feeling productive:

learn.theopensketchbook.com/pages/blog?p...

#pomodorotechnique #habit #productivity #drawing
January 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Colored pencil in my sketchbook, more here: learn.theopensketchbook.com/pages/blog?p...

#sketchbook #art #drawing #coloredpencil
January 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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My online Sketchbook Development course starts up this Monday evening!

learn.theopensketchbook.com/courses/sket...

#sketchbook #onlineart #artclass #drawing #pencildrawing
Drawing of a skeletal and fleshed hand. Anatomical drawing.
January 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Graphite skull drawing- had a great time playing with textures on this one

#drawing #artisticanatomy #fromlife
Drawing of a skull
January 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Hi Bluesky! My classes are starting up for the Spring semester, so I’ve been getting back into demos for my students. This one is from a few years back- teaching how to focus on color and not just detail 🎨
Oil painting demonstration showing a color wheel and a simplified still-life focusing on color notes instead of detail
January 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM