Tips on How to Manage Your Sketchbook
Here's a simple list of how to manage your sketchbook for art!
- Keep multiple sketchbooks, but only one for each "category" (don't use your travel sketchbook at home, don't use your watercolor sketchbook for graphite sketches, etc.)
- Take at least one sketchbook with your wherever you go (out to dinner, a walk in the park, to a friends house, etc)
- Remember that inspiration is everywhere.
- Sketch your ideas for projects in your sketchbook (every artist should get used to thumbnail sketches!! I usually fit 6-8 thumbnail sketches to a page in my sketchbook, but I keep the proportions the same! Ex: 2''x4'' thumbnail, 6''x8'' final product)
- Use every inch of your sketchbook- color the cover, write on the cardboard in white color pencil, etc.
- Be open minded. Don't just draw figures. Draw what you see. Practice different techniques. Different basics.
- WRITE NOTES!!!! I cannot stress this enough! Don't just DRAW or PAINT in your sketchbook. Jot down notes if ideas are coming all at once. Character names, places, people to meet, etc.
- Every artist needs at least one sketchbook. AND KEEP YOUR SKETCHBOOKS! It's amazing to be able to look back 10 years to see your progress.
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