Clara Charlotte: Girl with an Attitude About Drawing

The first line in her bio says it all: "Clara Charlotte Roethe is an illustrator and guerrilla artist." Upon visiting her sketchblog, I get a sense that Clara is always ready to draw--anywhere, anytime!

Clara draws while watching the news. She tries to draw on every scrap of paper to help the environment. She loves to draw in moleskins (high-quality sketchbooks) and enjoys portrait parties (where people draw each other).

While growing up in the small German town of Hessen, Clara's grandfather taught her how to draw and use watercolors. As a graphic designer, drawing continues to be her main creative outlet. She says, "her work has been showcased on the lampposts and forgotten corners of Krefeld (Germany)."

Her work has been published in the Latvian comic magazine Kush and the international street art magazine, Masta. Whether she's sketching "cool shots of purses filled with exclusive makeup" found in Flickr albums, or expressing how much she misses her boyfriend--"I feel like a single sock"--Carla's straight-from-the-core linework is simply refreshing. She manages to combine the innocence of childhood drawing with an edgy awareness needed for investigating the world around her. The musings that accompany her blog sketches are an added treat.

There's only one thing lacking in the work on Clara Charlotte's sketchblog: MORE of it!