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On the subject of sketchbooks, I tend to buy better quality books these days. My scribble sketches are done in cheap thin paper books, on typing paper, or the backs of old pictures I don't want to keep. There's always a piece of paper for scribbling on my art desks. Often I amaze myself by just how many scribbles, and occasionally wonder what I was scribbling.
A while back, for a joke, I posted a particularly densely scribbled sheet of paper on the gallery. I added a posh frame, thinking along the lines that you can frame anything and make it look better...though not in this case. Here it is...the brown blob is coffee...
At the moment I have a Stillman and Birn sketchbook, 270 gsm, 9 x 10 inches, that can take anything I throw at it. Another of Alan's recommendations, very good too. I keep these for more completed drawings. See below...
I prefer the bound versions to the ring-bound type. The ring binding gets in my way while I'm drawing on the left hand page. Not a problem, having drawn on all the right hand pages, I turn the book upside-down and work back the other way. You get a slightly topsy-turvey book...see below...another Stillman & Birn...
So far in this range, I haven't found anything larger than 9 x 10 inches. I prefer larger, and have other makes in larger sizes. It seems anything 250 gsm and upwards is enough for my purposes, although the paper quality does vary.
At the moment I have a Stillman and Birn sketchbook, 270 gsm, 9 x 10 inches, that can take anything I throw at it. Another of Alan's recommendations, very good too. I keep these for more completed drawings. See below...
I prefer the bound versions to the ring-bound type. The ring binding gets in my way while I'm drawing on the left hand page. Not a problem, having drawn on all the right hand pages, I turn the book upside-down and work back the other way. You get a slightly topsy-turvey book...see below...another Stillman & Birn...
So far in this range, I haven't found anything larger than 9 x 10 inches. I prefer larger, and have other makes in larger sizes. It seems anything 250 gsm and upwards is enough for my purposes, although the paper quality does vary.Edited
by Lewis Cooper
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Not sure if I have posted these before, they are from the pad I use for sketching horses , I started it because of my love of the brig heavy breeds . Both my granddaughters were horse mad at the time and spent ages watching me sketch them , as always they have moved on to something new and I’m still loving the old horses .
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I'm thinking of doing a couple of largish paintings with lots of people in them. These days I need to work larger anyway, so I'll need to get some bigger paper...A2 or something like that. One will be about boule players in Paris, stereotype cartoony stuff, I've already shown some scribbly sketches (above somewhere) while the idea forms.
I've been trying a rough layout, and I mean 'rough', as I work on the composition. Here's one idea...
...not a great photo, because it's drawn very lightly, and very scribbly as you see. This might work. My eye goes straight to the man who has just thrown the ball. Obviously I need to get some ref material for the buildings, as it needs to look like Paris.
The other is an impression of Camden Market in London. In the mid-eighties my sons lived near there, and when we visited them we always went to the market. I found it fascinating. People left over from the swinging sixties, wearing bits of uniform and top hats, goths were big back then, and they certainly looked interesting. The market itself sold a huge array of stuff, from quality items, kitch, art of all types, and wild clothes. Lots to look at. I want to show a throng of people, gaudily clothed, and the merchandise...
Here's a very rough layout scribble of how it might look...
...there's a lot of meaningless scribbles meant to suggest the merchandise. To me, if not you. These roughs are a form of visual reminder to me, rather than 'drawings'. It won't be an accurate image of the market, I just want to get the 'feel' of it, at least how I remember it.
They may get done (I need big paper and some more watercolours). If they do, they could finish looking very different.
I don't usually show this stuff, you can see why.
...not a great photo, because it's drawn very lightly, and very scribbly as you see. This might work. My eye goes straight to the man who has just thrown the ball. Obviously I need to get some ref material for the buildings, as it needs to look like Paris.
The other is an impression of Camden Market in London. In the mid-eighties my sons lived near there, and when we visited them we always went to the market. I found it fascinating. People left over from the swinging sixties, wearing bits of uniform and top hats, goths were big back then, and they certainly looked interesting. The market itself sold a huge array of stuff, from quality items, kitch, art of all types, and wild clothes. Lots to look at. I want to show a throng of people, gaudily clothed, and the merchandise...
Here's a very rough layout scribble of how it might look...
...there's a lot of meaningless scribbles meant to suggest the merchandise. To me, if not you. These roughs are a form of visual reminder to me, rather than 'drawings'. It won't be an accurate image of the market, I just want to get the 'feel' of it, at least how I remember it.
They may get done (I need big paper and some more watercolours). If they do, they could finish looking very different.
I don't usually show this stuff, you can see why.