Artist sketchbooks and planning
A sketchbook is a book or pad with blank pages for sketching and is frequently used by artists for drawing or painting as a part of their creative process.
Sketchbooks come in all shapes
& sizes
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Some sketchbooks are better for traveling or taking with you especially small books that fit in a bag or your pocket. Sketchbooks have different types of paper just like we have in the art room. Some sketchbook paper is better for painting while other pages are better for pencil drawings.
Sketchbook Supplies
Let’s look at how artists use sketchbooks
Practice
A sketchbook is a great space to try out a new idea, drawing, or explore materials. Looking back at your work and you can see your growth?
How can you tell you’ve grown as an artist?
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Drawing practice
observational drawing is a great way to use your sketchbook.. Place and item in front of you and draw what you see.
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Study a certain type of object
Pick one object and draw many versions. Repetition will give you practice and notice similarities and differences.
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Exploring a material
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Choose a material such as oil pastels, watercolors, markers, pencil, color pencil and start making marks and brushstrokes on your page. Pay attention to how the material moves on the paper or works.
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See what materials will do when you mix colors, brush in a certain direction, paint watercolor on top of crayon or sharpie. Try something out it might work well or it might lead you to try another way.
Create a Color Palette
Paint or color a limited amount of colors on your page. Do the colors you selected look good together?
 add doodles and drawings Use sharpie and draw patterns and designs on top of the colorful paper. |
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Keep a collection of visual inspiration
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Visual Inspirations
Glue, Tape, Staple:
Magazine images,
Stickers
Photos,
Papers you like
Candy wrappers,
etc.
Study different techniques
Collage - cut papers into shapes and glue into your sketchbook
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| Use both sides |
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Add Text, words, lettering
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Try bubble letters, block letters, cursive or your style of lettering.
Make a book
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Accordion Book
Envelope Book
Banded Books
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Sketchbooks
Part Two!
Sketchbook prompts
Circle around
Draw several circles
Color them solid
Make a ring each circle.
Repeat the outlines until
The page is filled
Be Square
Color in squares of color until the page is full
So Scribbly
Slowly scribbly a continuous line to create interesting areas. color inside.
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Back and Forth
Draw a diagonal line back and forth across your page.
Fill in each space with a different color, drawing or pattern. Whatever comes to mind
Draw your favorite pet |
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Your Turn!
More Sketchbook Prompts part 3
Color challenge
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Color circles on your page
Doodle on top of the circles
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| Create your own Patterns |
Repeat lines and shapes to create patterns on your page.
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Draw a cityscape
Circle art
Trace a circular object.
Overlap parts of each circle until you
Have many spaces to color in. Color
Trace your hand and fill with doodles lines and patterns
Your Turn!
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