Emma Lopes is an illustrator and artist based in Lisbon who’s most known for her creative practice that incorporates environmental activism into art-making. Through her Plastic Prayer Flags Project, Emma now leads community-based workshops and educational programs with students of all ages on repurposing discarded litter to create beautiful works of art
Read MoreSarah “Bassy” Bassett is a graphic designer, illustrator, and animator based in Los Angeles, California. A true renaissance woman, you may recognize Sarah’s creative influence from her art direction work for Converse, designs for Hello Sunshine, and so, so much more!
Read MoreCharlotte Hamilton is an educator and illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. The creative mind behind Blueshine Art, Hamilton’s style is immediately recognizable—bursts of vivid color and bold brushstrokes, paired with a sharp attention to linear details and pattern design across her portraiture and landscapes.
Read MoreShruti Sharma is an illustrator specializing in pattern design, comics, and portraiture. Originally from Mumbai, India, Shruti now calls California home after completing her MFA in Illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art and she continues to draw and paint in her eye-catching chromatic style.
Read MoreAlexis Winter is an illustrator and educator based in Melbourne, Australia.
Read MoreSara Peterman is a textile artist and illustrator based in St. Petersburg. Now a board member of Brooklyn Art Library, Sara has helped take the collection on tour, assisted with events and exhibitions in the Library’s original space in Georgia, and has lent her eye for creative design to numerous projects and initiatives throughout the Sketchbook Project’s 15-year history.
Read MoreDarci Lenker is an embroidery artist who creates vibrant paintings with just a needle and thread! Based in Norman, Oklahoma, Lenker’s work spans miniatures and dolls, in a playful intersection of two-dimensional drawing and three-dimensional materials.
Read MoreJordan Sondler is an illustrator based in New York, and the author of Feel It Out: The Guide to Getting in Touch with Your Goals, Your Relationships, and Yourself. You’ve probably seen her colorful cartoons and drawings all over Instagram or in projects she’s done for LinkNYC, Starbucks, Hallmark, Scholastic, Bumble, and more.
Read MoreToko Hosoya is an illustrator, sculptor, and animation artist born in Japan and currently living in Toronto. A prolific artist from a young age, Hosoya’s unique art style is rich with whimsical characters, experiments in geometric shape and intricate line-work, and she’s not afraid to dabble in new materials and mediums, like bronze casting, to tell fantastical stories and share her observations.
Read MoreErin McGean is a collage artist based in Oakville, Ontario. McGean’s eye-catching style of collage, which merges female bodies with ecological imagery, produces beautiful, empowering vignettes of femininity in the natural world.
Read MoreJanna Vallee is the founder of Everlea Yarn, dyeing merino wool sourced from New Zealand using natural plant dyes. Based in British Columbia, Janna has become a prolific textile artist, constructing elegant weavings and tapestries with a keen attention to color and geometric form.
Read MoreMichelle Yee is a photographer and writer currently based in San Francisco. A veteran of the industry, Yee has worked on projects for VICE and Mercedes Benz, collaborated on a series of short films about quarantine for The Journal Collective, and was one of seven co-founders of Toronto-based feminist photo collective SOFIA (Society of Females in Art).
Read MoreClara Cook is an ink and digital illustrator based in Perth, Australia. A veteran of the Sketchbook Project, Cook has contributed several sketchbooks over the years including “Tactile Qualities,” “A Connected Life,” “Tea & Tales,” “Things I’ve Left Behind,” and “A Visual Short Story of the Day We Met.”
Read MoreJulietta Weimer is a tattoo artist and illustrator, and a co-founder of Das Blaue Atelier. Originally from Ukraine and now based in Lüdinghausen, Germany, Weimer has developed a uniquely lush style of drawing and tattooing, adorning both sketchbook pages and her clients’ skin with blooming botanical imagery and monochromatic scenes of Gothic and ecological beauty.
Read MoreLinda Cook DeVona is an illustrator and painter based in Afton, New York. With a sharp eye for the smallest of details, DeVona is known for her wonderful images of life in rural upstate New York and New England.
Read MoreIn honor of Independent Bookstore Day’s virtual celebration, we’re teaming up with indie bookstores across Brooklyn to showcase the artist books and guides we have here at Brooklyn Art Library. Some touch on New York City history, others are made for (and by!) participants in the Sketchbook Projects, and all will be great resources to spark your creativity!
Read MoreIndia Flint is a multimedia artist, writer and educator based in South Australia, working in ecologically sustainable contact print processes using plants and found objects.
Read MoreAmy Finkbeiner is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist and Sketchbook Project 2010 participant, working across painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, photography and video.
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