Take a look inside the sketchbook of Ann Witheridge of London Fine Art Studios and find out her approach and the materials she uses.
Artist Liz Haywood-Sullivan explains how her artist sketchbook habit has fed her own creative appetite, and how it can help feed yours, too. After all, Georges Braque once said, “There is a great appetite to work, and then my sketchbook serves me as a cookbook when I am hungry.”
Amongst my most precious possessions are my sketchbooks. I use all sorts of shapes and sizes with different types and different colours of paper. Some are pocket books for quick notes and scribbley sketches, others larger for more finished studies and explorations. These are just a few pages showing the kind of thing they contain. palette experiments and colours combinations in watercolour and acrylic ©2017LisaLeQuelenec Sketchbook pages are good for trying out different palettes and combinations of colours. Many of the colours that I choose for paintings come from physical objects, sometimes picked up on site. I take them back to the studio and play with colour mixing replicating them and recreating aspects of the experience of the location. Tonal sketches in watercolour ©2017LisaLeQuelenec Gouache on buff coloured paper and watercolour colour notes on cartridge Charcoal and chalk on white cartridge Watercolour and pencil experiments on cartridge paper pen and watercolour exploration Some things will probably never make it from sketchbook to painting. They are doodles/ experiments and ideas. I sometimes like to play with pattern making, taking lines or colours for a walk. This kind of play can be great for sparking ideas about other work. Although none of my work (to date) resembles any of these patterns I have repeatedly used this palette of colours. Observational studies are a very important part of my practise and are another way that I can explore different subjects, challenge and stretch myself.
Look inside the sketchbook of watercolour and installation artist Juliette Losq and read her practical advice on how to get the most out of your sketchbook.
Amongst my most precious possessions are my sketchbooks. I use all sorts of shapes and sizes with different types and different colours of paper. Some are pocket books for quick notes and scribbley sketches, others larger for more finished studies and explorations. These are just a few pages showing the kind of thing they contain. palette experiments and colours combinations in watercolour and acrylic ©2017LisaLeQuelenec Sketchbook pages are good for trying out different palettes and combinations of colours. Many of the colours that I choose for paintings come from physical objects, sometimes picked up on site. I take them back to the studio and play with colour mixing replicating them and recreating aspects of the experience of the location. Tonal sketches in watercolour ©2017LisaLeQuelenec Gouache on buff coloured paper and watercolour colour notes on cartridge Charcoal and chalk on white cartridge Watercolour and pencil experiments on cartridge paper pen and watercolour exploration Some things will probably never make it from sketchbook to painting. They are doodles/ experiments and ideas. I sometimes like to play with pattern making, taking lines or colours for a walk. This kind of play can be great for sparking ideas about other work. Although none of my work (to date) resembles any of these patterns I have repeatedly used this palette of colours. Observational studies are a very important part of my practise and are another way that I can explore different subjects, challenge and stretch myself.
Take a look inside the sketchbook of figurative painter and Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year semi-finalist, Kayoon Anderson.
Why sketchbooks are an essential part of an artist's progress and key tips to get the most out of them.
For many artists, a sketchbook is a place to try out new ideas. Here are artists whose beautiful sketchbooks double as mobile galleries for stunning art.
This book "Inside the Painter's Studio" by Joe Fig will let you take a peek inside the artist's studios. They reveal how they designed their studio space
Kazland Sketchbook
Take a look inside the sketchbook of President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and prolific sketcher, Adebanji Alade.
Meet our Spotlight Instructor Nathalie Kalbac, one of the instructors of our newest course Mixed Media Journaling. Learn more about her and her creative arts.
Explore inspiring home art studio ideas to transform a corner into your personal creative haven. Discover practical tips and designs for setting up the perfect home art studio.
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 […]
Hey Everyone A few pictures from the studio this week. For those who’ve been following me on Instagram for a while, you’ll know I love sketchbooks, I am a huge sketchbook fan, but I’ve always struggled to take my sketchbook work from paper onto canvas. This week I’ve been stealing snippets of tim
International Baccalaureate artwork by Iris Cheung from Sha Tin College, Hong Kong. Iris challenges perceptions of identity through paint and photography.
