Artists sketchbooks

In order to become a better artist, it's recommended that you keep an art journal…

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Gemma Thompson is a visual artist and experimental guitarist whose sketchbook practice is informed not only by visual observation, but also by the practice of listening, and responding to sound through mark marking. In this article, she expands on this approach, and explains how drawing daily using a variety of media, her sketchbooks reveal how she experiences the world. Read the full article on our blog - link in bio

Sketchbook scans incoming! 💫 Really miss sketchbooking properly! I’m planning to do another 100 day challenge in my sketchbook starting probably in September, VERY much looking forward to it! 🥳 Which spread is your fave? #sketchbookpages #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbookspread #sketchbook #sketchbookart #sketchbookartist

sue c more sketchbook ideas for students showing a collection of a variety of artist's sketchbooks. Students can compare & contrast how artists work in their sketchbk. ie... view a variety of layouts use of materials drawing adding collage etc.

Guest Post by Richard Sheppard in Cloverdale, California After searching many years for the perfect sketchbook, I finally gave up on the commercial brands and decided to make my own. For weeks I stayed up all night tearing paper, threading needles, poking holes in mat boards, and utilizing all kinds of gadgets, until finally I […]

It's impressive how consistent practice over some period of time can improve our skills. This applies to various kinds of things, but today, we'd like to focus on artistic growth.

As my own approach to painting abstract art has changed over the last year, this has left me wondering where sketchbooks fit in with the whole picture… If sketchbooks help to plan alternatives, test compositions and colours, how does this fit in with a process where all that discovery, that excavation, happens on the canvas […]