About Sketch Hour
Sketch Hour is a free drawing-practice tool for artists who learn from reference.
It’s built around the way life-drawing classes work: quick gesture poses to warm up, then longer poses to study form, proportion and light. Sketch Hour brings that rhythm to the references you collect yourself, with a viewer for looking closely and a log that shows the time you’ve put in.
Where the references come from
Sketch Hour works with the site’s Pinterest boards and the images you bring yourself: files you upload, pins you paste, stills you find on FilmGrab and street views from MapCrunch.
The curriculum comes with its own references. The mannequins, head forms, still lifes and perspective scenes are 3D renders made for Sketch Hour. The master drawings and paintings are public-domain works from the Art Institute of Chicago’s open access collection. The sample film frames and streets are drawn by Sketch Hour itself.
Sketch Hour isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Pinterest, FilmGrab or MapCrunch. Their content belongs to its owners and is covered by their terms.
Get in touch
Questions, bugs and ideas are welcome. See Support for how to reach us.