Dina Brodsky

A new tree in progress

Are you an artist whose IG account stopped growing between 2022-2023? Click on the link in bio for a free troubleshooting guide that has offers solutions for the most common problems people have with this platform. Also- please describe your specific problems with your account in the comments, and I’ll know what to solve for next!

Some recent miniatures (the first is a sort of self-portrait) . Also- if you’re an artist whose Instagram account has stopped growing - I have a free guide that troubleshoots some of the most common problems. You can download it through the link in bio

A step-by-step of a beech tree drawing from last week. If you have any questions about my materials or techniques please ask in the comments, and I’ll respond to as many as I can tomorrow evening. Also - if anyone is in the Boston area and interested in a live tree drawing workshop the weekend of October 14-15th, I’ll be teaching one through the studio of @leo_mancini_hresko - send me a DM for details

Click on the link in bio to register for a free artist talk with one of my friends, colleagues and mentors, the amazing @frederick_brosen. He’ll be talking about his drawing practice, showing his travel sketchbooks and taking questions from the audience. If you don’t know his work already, please check out his watercolor paintings on his page, @frederick_brosen (this lecture is the only chance to take a behind the scenes look at his sketchbooks). The talk will take place this Wednesday, September 20th at 8pm EST. A replay will be available for everyone who registers but can’t make the talk live.

Here are a few of the amazing sketchbook artists I’ve discovered through @thinkingwithpaper (it’s my research/curatorial account for the book of artists sketchbooks I’m co-authoring with @joshuakeay). My mind is constantly blown by how many incredible sketchbook artists are working today, and by how each of them has a completely unique voice. These are by @andrushchenko_watercolor, @sketchwelat, @keesh__meesh, @kopfscheu, @thomas.cian, @jackhwtt and @diannesutherlandartist . If you like artist sketchbooks, please follow along, or use the #thinkingwithpaper hashtag to show us your sketchbooks.

There’s one spot left in the Sketchbook Habit seminar Monday evenings, and a few more in the one on Sunday afternoon- please register through the link in bio. For those of you who have asked what this class is about- it’s about beginning a sketchbook habit and keeping it going for years to come. I demonstrate techniques, talk about materials and art history, but mostly it’s a class about building a habit.

There are 3 spots left in my Sketchbook Habit seminar Monday evenings (there’s plenty of space in the Sunday afternoon session). Please check out the hashtag #thesketchbookhabit to see some work from artists who have taken the class previously- they’re amazing, and as far as I know most of them are keeping their sketchbook habit going months after the class! Meanwhile, here are a few travel sketches from France last July

Please save this post if you want more mini-lectures/artist talks, and ask any questions you have in the comments. So many of you have asked what I write about- here’s a very brief answer (I could probably go on about it for ages, but this is my first voiceover and I’m terrified)

I still have 2 spots left in my “Instagram for Artists” workshop tomorrow. If you use the code INSTAGRAMAUGUST at checkout, it’ll give you a $50 discount off the last 2 spots in the live class, or the recorded version of the class. I’ll be raising the price of the class a bit in September, so this is the last chance to get the discount at the current price.

Click on the link in bio to register for my Sketchbook Habit seminar- this class is about creating a sketchbook habit that actually sticks

Enrollment is open for the September/October session of the tree drawing workshop - register through the link in bio. This is a 4 week long online class with 4 live classes, and 30 days of mini assignments/prompts that involve studying from the masters, using your own references, and drawing outside.