Gettin’ Sketchy Live is an original live broadcast. The goal is produce a sketch within 45 minutes while providing art instruction and entertainment. This season focused on creative drawing prompts with a game show theme. Drawings produced include landscape, portraiture, animals, still life, perspective and more.

Episode 1: Wave Drawing

In this live drawing exercise, Matt will have 45 minutes to complete a drawing based off of a creative prompt voted on by YouTube users. The creative prompt is “Don’t Give Me No Lines”, which means that Matt will create a drawing that does not use any lines – only values and colors. This drawing is created with soft pastels on gray Ingres paper.

Episode 2: Stamp Pad Drawing

In this live drawing exercise, Ashley will have 45 minutes to complete a drawing using non-traditional drawing tools. The creative prompt is “Not Your Average Pen”. This drawing is created using a stamp pad and a traditional eraser found at the end of a pencil.

Episode 3: Octopus Drawing

In this live drawing exercise, Matt will have 45 minutes to complete a drawing of an Octopus with Posca Markers that uses only four values or tones. The creative prompt is “Less is More”. This drawing is created using Posca paint markers on gray Strathmore Drawing Paper.

Episode 4: Figure Drawing

In this live drawing exercise, Ashley will have 45 minutes to complete a figure drawing by using a photo reference positioned upside down. The creative prompt is “Upside Down”. This drawing exercise forces the artist to isolate lines, values, and textures and draw them the way they are observed. This drawing is created using graphite drawing pencils on white drawing paper.

Episode 5: Avocado Drawing

In this live drawing exercise, Matt will have 45 minutes to complete a drawing that fools the eye. The purpose of this drawing is to create the illusion that the avocado is actually on the surface. The creative prompt is “My Eyes Don’t Lie”. This drawing exercise challenges the artist to think about the positioning of the subject within the picture plane and materials that can be used to create this illusion. This drawing is created using graphite drawing pencils, PanPastels, pastels, colored pencils, Posca markers and alcohol-based markers on toned sketch paper.

Episode 6: Timed Drawings

In this live drawing exercise, Ashley will have 45 minutes to complete 3 drawings of the same object (in this case, a wrench). The first drawing will be timed to just 1 minute. The second drawing will be timed to 5 minutes. The third drawing will be timed to 30 minutes. The creative prompt is “3 Ways”. This drawing exercise challenges the artist to consider what details to include and which to leave out. These drawings are created with graphite drawing pencils on white drawing paper.

Episode 7: Mash Up Drawing

In this live drawing exercise, Matt will have 45 minutes to complete a drawing that combine two fruits into one cohesive drawing. In this case, a watermelon and an apple are drawn as one drawing. The creative prompt is “Fruit Loop”. This drawing is created with pastels and pastel pencils on PastelMat Paper.

Episode 8: Dice Drawing

In this live drawing exercise, Ashley will have 45 minutes to complete a scratchboard drawing of dice. The creative prompt is “Scratch That Itch”. Scratchboard or scrapeboard is an art-making medium in which ink is removed with a sharp tool, revealing a light value (usually white). In this type of art, the artist must think in reverse, scratching out the highlights, while leaving the darker tones.

Episode 9: Self Portrait Drawing

In this live drawing exercise, Matt will have 45 minutes to complete a self portrait drawing from the future. The creative prompt is “Back to the Future”. In this challenge, the self portrait should depict the subject as older than they currently are. This means that exaggerations are made to the wrinkles, hair, and skin imperfections. This drawing is created using Mars Lumograph Black pencils and white charcoal on gray drawing paper.

Episode 10: Perspective Drawing

In this live drawing exercise, Ashley will have 45 minutes to create a drawing that utilizes one of the forms of linear perspective. Ashley may choose 1 point, 2 point, or 3 point perspective to complete the drawing. The creative prompt is “What’s the Point?”. This drawing is created using graphite pencils and white drawing paper.

Episode 11: Season 9 Review and Critique

In this live drawing critique, we look back on the drawings we created during Season 9 and quickly critique each piece. We choose our favorite drawings and encourage you to choose your favorites as well. Join the chat and join in the discussion as we look back on what we created.