1. Sketchbooks…

2. 10 GREAT Things about Using a Sketchbook…
Sketchbooks…
10 GREAT Things about Using a Sketchbook…
You can use drawings, or a combination of drawings and words
You can do ‘rough work’, plan or experiment here first!
You can practice and get better at drawing!
You can explore your own ‘favourites’ and your own style!
You can try, test out or practice new art skills or techniques!
You can explore ideas, imagine and be creative!
You can practice every day!
You get a record of your progress!
You can keep your work private, or share it with others!
You can take your sketchbook with you anywhere!

3. Pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s Sketchbooks…
Studies of plants, animals and human anatomy;
designs for flying machines…
Notes recorded in ‘Mirror-Writing’

4. Sketchbooks… a ‘safe place’ to practice, ponder and ‘work out’ ideas…
-Sample pages from Heidi Stoddart’s sketchbooks

5. Book Binding – Sketchbook Cover
Materials:
Cardstock (cover)
Photo copy paper
Hole-puncher
Sticks
Elastics

6. Book Binding – Making a Sketchbook
Fold & hole-punch pages
Fold & hole-punch cover
Thread elastics out
Secure elastic around stick positioned along exterior spine
Book Binding to create
a sketchbook!

7. Design a Sketchbook Cover Some Possibilities…
Printmaking
Idea retrieved Sept from
“The Art of Education”
Collage that tells about you
& your interests