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Make (Sneaky) Art
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Make (Sneaky) Art

by Nishant Jain
September 2025
Beginner
144 pages
4h 22m
English
Quarry Books
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CHAPTER 3

FIRST STEPS: GET STARTED QUICKLY

A sketch of four people sitting and standing in a casual group, with speech bubbles indicating conversation.
A hand-drawn sketch of a street scene in Vancouver, featuring a traffic light, pedestrians, and minimalistic details, held against the real-life background of the same scene.

Keep It Simple

Every drawing you make makes the next one easier. Easier to begin, easier to finish. But often, getting started is much harder than finishing. Many people struggle with incomplete drawings, but far more people struggle against the blank page—because they do not know how to get started, because they are afraid of ruining it, because they think they are not good enough.

A sketch of three people standing in front of a bakery display, observing shelves filled with indistinct products.

When I was afraid ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780760394205