A couple of weeks ago I finished my first sketchbook of 2020. I’m hoping to fill at least one more by the end of the year - with quarantine I may finish one a lot sooner than that. This is actually only the second sketchbook that I’ve ever completed in my entire life. I’ve never been very good at keeping up with them very consistently.
I think the thing that encouraged me to finish this sketchbook that most was that I started using my sketchbook to write down notes about my work. I had never really had a place where I wrote down my ideas or questions about my own art. I wasn’t big on planning out my paintings and I also maybe just didn’t have a lot of questions I was asking myself. I filled up a good third of this sketchbook I’d say with just note-taking. That kind of attitude also helped me feel more open to just sketching in the book - jotting down all of my ideas and concepts without worrying about making something “good”.
composition sketches for my thesis
If you liked this little glimpse into my most recent sketchbook, you might enjoy the video I made on YouTube of me flipping through and talking through my sketchbook. I’ll link it down below incase you are.