🎨 Mural Update! Here’s one of our mural artists, Andrew, doing a couple touch-ups to bring the mural to life. We’re so excited to see this project continue coming together for the community! 💙
Quick Fleetwood-Jourdain mural update 🎨
Muralists have long used grids or projectors to scale their sketches onto massive walls—but here’s a modern twist. Using an augmented reality headset, muralist Andrew can see and trace the design directly onto the wall—even in bright sunlight. Precision meets innovation.
Next up: painting! ✨ #MuralArt #AugmentedReality #CreativeProcess #PublicArt
Big things start with the prep 💪🎨
Priming the wall to get ready for what’s to come - huge shout out for dry weather, the muralists and assistants putting in the work! Stay tuned 👀✨
#MuralInProgress #BehindTheScenes #PublicArt #MuralLife #WorkInProgress
Subject: Elijah J. McClain (1996-2019)
Elijah’s portrait is drawn both in remembrance of his beautiful soul and as a cynical response to this year’s @artruckish prompt of “Everything is Going to Be All Right.”
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Medium: Charcoal
Artist: Andrew Walker III
Drawn from photo reference.
#elijahmcclain #portraitdrawing #charcoalart #artruckish
Here’s the beginning of the Fleetwood-Jourdain mural 🎨 Launching the tracing and laying down the first lines of what’s to come—keep an eye out for updates and upcoming community mural painting days!
#fleetwoodjourdain #muralinprogress #communityart #artinprogress #creativeprocess
Subject: Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, theoretical physicist and first Black woman to receive a PhD from MIT (1973)
“Do not let others define who you are. Define yourself. Do not be limited by what others expect of you, but reach confidently for the stars.” — Jackson
This drawing will be part of the Black History Month community art exhibit at @evanstonpubliclibrary from February 6-28, 2026.
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Medium: Charcoal on Strathmore 500 series charcoal paper
Artist: Andrew Walker III, IG: @iamcreatv
Drawn from 2011 reference photo by @hartphotohouston
#art #portraitdrawing #charcoalart #blackhistory
Thank you André Benjamin for always being your authentic, eccentric self and inspiring generations of creative nonconformists. And thank you @blountben for allowing me to draw at MAKE studio this past weekend. Your letterpress studio is teeming with inspiration and I value our friendship.
Subject: Rapper, actor, and flautist André Benjamin, aka @andre3000 of @outkast (drawn from reference photo)
Artist: @iamcreatv
Materials:
@strathmoreart 500 series charcoal paper
@winsorandnewton vine charcoal
@generalpencil 4B soft and 4B medium pencils
@fabercastellglobal triangle grip eraser and blending stumps
@tombow mono zero
@derwentartofficial rechargeable eraser
#charcoalart #portraitdrawing
**Work in Progress**
Started my first drawing of 2026. Like all of my portraits, this is drawn from a reference photo and, as you can see in the video, much time is spent working upside down so that I’m drawing what I see, not what I think.
Subject: Rapper, actor, and flautist André Benjamin, aka @andre3000 of @outkast
Medium: Charcoal on @strathmoreart 500 series charcoal paper
Artist: @iamcreatv
#art #artist #charcoal #charcoalart #charcoaldrawing #sketch #portraitdrawing #blackart #blackartist #blackandwhite #artistsoninstagram #sketching #chicagoartist #drawing #draw #drawingsketch #disegno #desenho #dessin #zeichnung #dibujo #desen #رسم #그림 #美術 #outkast
Where did the time go? I started the year with one of my favorite drawings and so it’s only fitting to end with another that would challenge me. Thank you to my nine-year-old cousin for inspiring me to draw out of joy again!
Subject: Misty Copeland, newly retired, first Black principal dancer at @abtofficial
Artist: Andrew Walker III - @iamcreatv
Drawn from reference photo
Medium: Charcoal on @strathmoreart 500 series charcoal paper
Pencils: @generalpencil 4B soft, @artalternatives ritmo HB
Erasers: @cretacoloraustria monolith, @tombowusa mono zero, @fabercastellglobal triangle grip eraser
#art #artist #charcoal #charcoalart #charcoaldrawing #sketch #portraitdrawing #blackart #blackartist #blackhistory #artistsoninstagram #sketching #chicagoartist #drawing #draw #drawingsketch #disegno #desenho #dessin #zeichnung #dibujo #ballerina #ballet
Sketching at @sketchbookbrew
821 Chicago Ave, Evanston IL
First Saturday of every month (1-2:30pm)
Free and open to all ages and abilities.
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Massive thank you to @evanston_made and @sketchbookbrew for letting me host this month’s Sketching at Sketchbook Brewery (821 Chicago Ave). I had a wonderful time meeting people, being inspired by everyone’s work, and learning all types of new techniques. Thank you also to the many familiar faces who lent their support (including, but not limited to):
@paperpawspro@rk.illustrator@thelisadshow@rphend@pmperry1971@jimparks1994@reguerry_groupart@reabreu117@micromakery
and so many others that I may not have IG info for. If you were there, leave a comment or a like. I’d love to sketch with you at a future session!
#evanstonmade
It’s been a while since I’ve picked up charcoal, but I did recently purchase an iPad and started sketching with Procreate. The timelapse feature is already helping me see where I should make adjustments.
Subject: @hughlaurieofficial
Drawn from photo reference.
#sketch #timelapse #procreate #housemd #digitalsketch #portrait
