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Now that I'm all out of sketchbook space, I'm starting a new Moleskine and collecting all the books I've done this year. I switch from book to book constantly and I rarely keep things in order, so perhaps that's a goal I can set for 2013. From back to front in the photo: the Stillman and Birn I started before Santo Domingo and took with me; then there is the Moleskine that I got in SD (thanks, Urban Sketchers!) The next one used to be a Moleskine, but I gutted it and refilled with Fabriano. I made a stab at Every Day in May in that book, then took it with me to Rome, along with the other Moly. Then there's the little Laloran book we also received in SD (thanks, Laloran!) And I'm not even including the junky books I keep for quick sketches, nor the maps, which will eventually get bound into something. Overall, I'd say it was a productive year!
My sketchbook was looking at me with sad eyes lately, so I spent some time this weekend doing a few new pages.
I've used:
- Sakura Micron pen 005 in black and brown
- Colored pencils
- Gold gouache
- Transparent stickers
- A vintage French stamp
- Pieces of magazine pages for the girls' dresses.
- Sequins that my mom and sister got me from Iran.
Pencil and graphite
THE LIGHT OF THINGS Video clip
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THE PACE OF NATURE
www.blurb.co.uk/b/4613946-pace-of-nature-hardback
LOOKING OUT
www.blurb.co.uk/b/7144518-looking-out
IPSDEN IN WINTER
www.blurb.co.uk/b/4693698-ipsden-in-winter-rev-ed
LANDSCAPES OF IPSDEN
www.blurb.co.uk/b/4693349-landscapes-of-ipsden-rev-ed
RECENT PORTRAITS
www.blurb.co.uk/b/2931284-recent-portraits
DRAWING AND PAINTING by Kate Wilson
www.amazon.co.uk/Drawing-Painting-Materials-Techniques-Co...
PORTRAIT REVOLUTION
www.amazon.co.uk/Portrait-Revolution-Julia-Kays-Party/dp/...
Dinking around in my sketchbook some more, trying to get a balance between the thin straight cattails in the foreground and the tangled mass behind them... Playing around with different techniques. What do you think?
from left to right - Hermes House Artist's Sketchbook, miumau's creative's diary, a few no-name spiral bounds, black Moleskine A5, a diary journal from Moscow, a few more no-names, Milini landscape sketchbook, Castelli A5, Harper's BAZAAR promo journal, two self-made scrap paper sketchbooks, red pocket Ciak, Mangez Les Bonbons pocket journal i bought in Montmartre in Paris, Leather & Roses Australia leather sketchbook bought in Leura in Blue Mountains, Corban & Blair red leather A5, big teNeues Hay Harvest Explorer Journal, yellow leather Ciak A6, black Piccadilly A5, black Moleskine A5, Rhodia A5, Benzer A5, a brown paper no-name from a souvenier shop in Darling Harbour, red pocket Benzer, no-name scented fabric bound pocket notebook from an asian shop, vis-art pocket sketchbook, handmade leather journal from India with tiny bells on the spine, Imaginote brown paper sketchbook from New Zealand, two handmade journals from Japan, pocket teNeues Hay Harvest Explorer Journal, washi yuzen A6 journal, Dressco journal from Tokyu Hands in Tokyo, Korean 7321 Design Wizard of Oz sketchbook from Dymocks in the city, Pomegranate Charley Harper Journal, Maromom wagami paper journal, pocket Moleskine, pocket 7321 Design Paris, two cahier Moleskines, two pocket PaperThinks from Tasmania, handmade journal from Japan, Apica premium A6 CD notebook from Loft in Osaka, no-name pocket journal from New Zealand, jasart pocket from Queenstown NZ, Elements of Art Sketch & Write A5, Monsieur notebook pocket, pocket Moleskine, Homedesign promo A5, Rhodia pocket, black Leuchtturm pocket, three Benzer pocket notebooks in various colours, SBG Hemingway journal A6 bought in Balmain, Lily McGee Memo book from Lane Cove, a couple of cahier Moleskines, three Campo Marzio Design tiny pocket notebooks, two teNeues CoolNotes pocket notebooks and a few more pocket no names
This is the project I'm finishing for the "Sketchbook Project 2011". I've choosen the theme "This is not a sketchbook" and I made a story.
A very very very simple story...
Toronto is a cold city with long winters. But it has many sunny days with beautiful blue sky in wintertime. You can lie on the bed, look at the blue sky and imagine that you are in a tropical island ...so far away.
For these sketchbook pages, I've used:
- Micron pen 005
- Watercolors
- Colored pencils
- Stamps
não lembro quem disse isso, mas procede: "quando não houver mais nada para se desenhar, sempre há de haver um Batman!"
guache e nanquim
Among the many drawings I did this summer were two concertina sketchbooks , drawn in the woodlands at Walden. These follow in the style of my "Red Notebooks" drawn at Simon's Wood in the winter this past year. They are to be viewed asa scroll and therefore do not have a single vanishing point, rather they are are from multiple angles as I worked in the woods. Drawn in ink and graphite.
A page from my sketchbook last year when I was still obsessed with drawing ghosts in black and white...
I altered/modified a Midori traveller's notebook into a phone case combo.
Coincidentally the small moleskine notebooks are the perfect height to use, I just needed to trim the edge by about 1.5cm and it was a good fit.
Sketches by me (Michael J. Hildebrand | www.killingclipart.com)
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I've been trying out the Strathmore Mixed Media sketchbook. As with the Stillman & Birn books I waited until I finished a full book before I came to any conclusions about them.
The specs are pretty similar to the Stillman & Birn books. I tried the 5.5 in. x 8.5 in. Mixed Media, 500 series with a paper weight of 90lb (190g/m2). The paper is white with a very slight tooth texture to it. Its also been specifically made for using with watercolour and ink washes.Its a plain black book with a strange almost rubbery texture to it, similar to some phones - could be good for gripping?
I tried using heavy watercolour washes and the paper really does handle any washes well. So if you're using watercolours you won't go wrong with using these books. The book doesn't really fold flat so its difficult working over two pages, it could be because the paper is so thick and the way it is bound but there is an obvious ridge.
Sketches by me (Michael J. Hildebrand | www.killingclipart.com)
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Cleaned up the sketchbooks section on my web site. Preparing on adding all my books in clickable format.
Another sketchbook page from the Seydel archives, pen and watercolor crayon, then ProcreateApp for a few minor changes.
For more info and to see inside these sketchbooks and how they are constructed visit the Trumpetvine Travels Sketchblog.
In September 1973 I began my studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. One of the great art schools! That first year two things happened that changed everything for me. The first was that I started keeping a sketchbook, which turned out to be a lifelong passion. My first sketchbook was a small one and then I moved to a larger format (pictured here). At this writing I am on sketchbook number 275. I’ve also completed 8 smaller sketchbooks while traveling, mostly on airplanes. That first year something else rather significant happened. One day when I was shopping at the local art store my friend, Jim, was working behind the counter. He held up a specific pencil and asked me if I had ever tried it? No, I hadn’t. That was when I bought my first Ebony pencil. I remember this like it was yesterday. Previously, in my sketchbooks, I had basically been drawing with a fountain pen. I immediately moved on and used this pencil. I fell in love with Ebony pencils (as most of you know) and I am still drawing with them today. A lot happened that first year at Pratt 46 years ago, but I think these two things were most important for me as an artist.
Some pages from my sketchbook 27th August-3rd September 2017
THE PACE OF NATURE
www.blurb.co.uk/b/4613946-pace-of-nature-hardback
LOOKING OUT
www.blurb.co.uk/b/7144518-looking-out
IPSDEN IN WINTER
www.blurb.co.uk/b/4693698-ipsden-in-winter-rev-ed
LANDSCAPES OF IPSDEN
www.blurb.co.uk/b/4693349-landscapes-of-ipsden-rev-ed
RECENT PORTRAITS
www.blurb.co.uk/b/2931284-recent-portraits
DRAWING AND PAINTING by Kate Wilson
www.amazon.co.uk/Drawing-Painting-Materials-Techniques-Co...
PORTRAIT REVOLUTION
www.amazon.co.uk/Portrait-Revolution-Julia-Kays-Party/dp/...
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Ooooooo, I love getting packages in the mail. This one arrived this morning. I’ve been waiting for it for some days. Four new Strathmore sketchbooks that I ordered! This may not look exciting to you, but it is pure Heaven to me! One would think I could find a replacement sketchbook here in Paris. Nope. I’ve never found one with wonderful Strathmore paper. I’ve been using these sketchbooks for centuries. Good friends from New Jersey mailed them to me. Much appreciated.