Ten Minute Artist - Daily Creative Joy

Ten Minute Artist - Daily Creative Joy

How do you make natural links between drawing from observation and illustration?

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Adam Ming
Nov 13, 2025
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Drawing from observation is not illustration, there is a step between. And that step is imagination.

Book: Drawing for illustration - Martin Salisbury

According to Martin Salisbury in ‘Drawing for illustration’ the biggest challenge illustration students have is making natural links between pure observation (which is important) and imagination’.

That’s what we’ll explore in today’s 10-minute prompt.

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