Chat (and Draw) with Samantha and Nishant

What a great chat with

Nishant Jain

yesterday! We got so carried away talking about everything—from childhood curiosity to writing our books—that we completely forgot to draw together.

Until the last five minutes, that is, when we did a quick speed-draw from a reference photo of a spot out on Long Island. It’s a road that leads to a bay beach I often run along, and the light was so beautiful I had to snap a few photos.

Here’s the final page in my sketchbook and the reference photo if you want to have a go at painting it yourself—you can see me do the initial sketch and add a bit of ink right at the end of the video.

Original reference photograph

Our drawings side-by-side. Mine at left, Nishant’s on right.

My book Draw Your Adventures comes out in less than a week, and Nishant’s book Make (Sneaky) Art is out in September. Please preorder both for your collection!

I received some promotional photographs from my publisher, and it is so fun to see Draw Your Adventures added to the collection of Draw Your… books. Here is a link to find all of my books on the Penguin Random House website.

Here is the book that Nishant mentions in our chat: The Story of Art Without Men, by

Katy Hessel

.

Thank you

Dan Blank

,

Dean Kirby

,

Angela Cappetta

,

Jason Chatfield

,

Christina Vourcos

, and many others for tuning into my live video with

Nishant Jain

! Join me for my next live video in the app.