Selected Work - 23 Years of Sketches by Todd Poteet

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23 YEARS OF SKETCHES BY TODD POTEET

S E L E C T E D

W O R K S

23 YEARS OF SKETCHES BY TODD POTEET

Sketchbooks have always been a large part of my professional practice. I use them to explore my world, to study people, and to record my daily experiences. The works here have been selected from more than 30 sketchbooks from abroad trips, daily practice, and in-class studies over the last 20 years.

I have openly shared my sketchbooks with students and encouraged them to develop their own sketching practices. When I have traveled abroad with students, they are required to study the world through daily sketching.

This helps them to see more, notice nuances, and understand their world on a deeper level. I hope you will enjoy this small collection of selected sketchbook works, and join me on creating your own visual journals.

Abel, visiting from Mexico and looking through my sketchbook

During class, I often take time to observe and draw the students. This allows me to notice their own creative process, and to teach them at a more personal level.

Along with Alex Baer, I started an exchange program with another art school in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Each summer we would host teachers and students from their program. They enriched the experience of our students, and we expanded their drawing and painting skills.

Emma and Olivia with other students during a college presentation.

Rick Price presenting to students at the Sumer Art Intensive

Sylvia

Meagan

The Art Effect staff training session at Omega Institute.

Chris drawing

Christine

Emily

Prague

Over the years, I have taken students to Florence, Rome, Prague, Vienna, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Mexico, Montreal, and Frankfurt.

During each trip, every student and I raced to fill a sketchbook with our observations.

Imani on her first flight

When traveling abroad with students, every moment is filled with drawing and recording the moments we experience

Amsterdam

1st morning on the boat in Amsterdam

Old Towne, Frankfurt

Hacienda Santa MarĂ­a Xalostoc, my favorite place on earth

Hacienda Santa MarĂ­a Xalostoc

Hacienda Santa MarĂ­a Xalostoc

Drawing my family over the years has taken on a priority and has replaced the need to take photos. I find that when I spend the moments drawing the scene that it takes on a genuine feeling and records a moment both on the page and in my mind.

COMPILED IN SUPPORT OF THE AMAZING AND ESSENTIAL WORK OF

THE ART EFFECT