Sketchbooks

Near-Daily Drawings Transform a Sketchbook into an Album of Illustrated Ladies

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

If you haven’t noticed, I’m a fan of dai­ly (or near­ly dai­ly) art projects. I love the rit­u­al and cre­ative con­straints that come when you ded­i­cate a chunk of time to a sin­gle theme. For the bet­ter part of a year, illus­tra­tor Anke Weck­mann has been explor­ing ladies and their lus­cious hair in her sketchbook.

To keep the project con­sis­tent, each woman is pre­sent­ed in a sim­i­lar way with only her head or head and neck vis­i­ble. Anke then focus­es on small details that make her char­ac­ters unique includ­ing hair styles, pat­tern­ing and facial expressions.

Fol­low Anke on Insta­gram to see more of her sketch­book draw­ings. Scroll down far enough and you’ll find paint­ings of cats!

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann

Sketchbook drawings by Anke Weckmann