Sketchbook work that supports larger paintings
Amazing Sketchbooks
Students often ask about using sketchbooks. They are not like Art Coursework books, where you might work through a project or journey… Instead they are small, carry around with you collections of drawings in which you might try and capture a person, a scene or object. The key is experimentation, different materials, and using lots of mark-making to capture something.
These are examples of our A’Level sketchbooks, they are small (often A5) and we really like their expressiveness..
There are so many Artistic and Creative opportunities…
and here are just a few:
The RA are setting daily doodle tasks, today’s is draw a lion…
#RAdailydoodle
National Portrait Gallery are also asking artists to do a self portrait and upload on to their twitter #hockneydrawings –
The letter yesterday has so many interesting sketchbook links and having the opportunity to draw is important…
Here’s another that I found on the internet…
Using a Sketchbook…
Dear fantastic art students
We have found a number of rather interesting sketchbooks online, which might inspire you to explore different approaches to drawing. They are really worth looking at (once you’ve opened one, scroll/click through to see the pages) and I hope you feel inspired!
Exciting hand drawings –
https://www.behance.net/gallery/68746059/Hands?tracking_source=search_projects_recommended%7Csketchbook
Dynamic colour pencil portraits –
https://www.behance.net/gallery/24516773/Sketchbook?tracking_source=search_projects_recommended%7Cfine%20art%20sketchbook
Super cool inky and mixed media works –
https://www.behance.net/gallery/94215063/Memoria?tracking_source=search_projects_recommended%7Cfine%20art%20sketchbook
Tonal, more ‘realistic’ portraits –
https://www.behance.net/gallery/38473731/Sofus-Portraits?tracking_source=search_projects_recommended%7Cfine%20art%20sketchbook
Chunky felt-tip drawing –
https://www.behance.net/gallery/89526713/Sketchbook-2019?tracking_source=search_projects_recommended%7Cfine%20art%20drawing%20sketchbook
Ruler-line geometric compositions –
https://www.behance.net/gallery/89256113/Tessometrics?tracking_source=search_projects_recommended%7Cfine%20art%20drawing%20sketchbook
A series of paintings that were developed from sketches of the artist’s home environment –
https://www.behance.net/gallery/70412755/Solo-Exhibition-by-Sterling-Hundley-Familiar-Interval?tracking_source=search_projects_recommended%7Cfine%20art%20drawing%20sketchbook
A beautiful sketchbook including drawings with overlapping lines and a cubist sense of shifting facets as people change position –
https://www.behance.net/gallery/74178335/Observational-Sketchbooks-Capturing-a-portrait-of-time?tracking_source=project_owner_other_projects
Drawing
Year 12 and Y10 Textiles have been developing their drawing skills. Looking at different ways to make marks and working with drawings to develop designs.
St Marylebone Art & Design 