Sketchbook Project
How do artists use sketchbooks? As a journal To record observations To collect ideas To make thumbnail sketches To make rough drafts For “studies” To simply play around
Thumbnails Quick, small sketches. Not very detailed. Think in the general, not specifics. Idea of what the final piece will look like (composition, color scheme etc.)
Studies Rough Drafts Preliminary sketches
Materials Paste photos/objects Graphite, Paint, Pastel, Ink…. Can you think of any others?
Page Weaving Text and image used together
Notes about the work, on the same page as the image.
You are not limited by the size of your page!
Examples
Examples
Image Sources Edgar Degas Address&biw=1280&bih=904&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=UXY8iBW6Wpsj3M:&imgrefurl Address&biw=1280&bih=904&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=UXY8iBW6Wpsj3M:&imgrefurl James Jean Sketchbook- Jessica Holden hudsonvalleypainter.com