Sketchbook examples online.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 4 comments link this postI found a great site that listed an incredible amount of sketchbooks that you can view online, from well-known artists to artists like myself.
The first thing I noticed was that my name did, indeed, have a listing there, though the link is for an old page that no longer exists. My new sketchbook repository is found here. The second thing I noticed was that I didn't have a red dot next to my name, which meant it wasn't considered a "highly recommended link."
After getting done pouting, I checked out some of these sketchbook links. A few were dead links, but many were good.
I really needed that kick in the pants. I need to be sketching more. Nothing deep here, in this post, beyond a "I need to be sketching more."
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Artists' sketchbooks.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 0 comments link this post
Looking through my old sketchbooks is an exercise in pain and amazement. Some of what I drew is amazingly bad and some amazingly good. One page fluctuates from lame, rehashed art-school drivel and then, a few pages later, I somehow drew something unique and real.
Visiting a gallery or buying a book that highlights the final product, the finished paintings, reveals a high standard of what can be. It shows off technique and concept and all that is good. Sometimes it's a little overwhelming, at least to me, because I can't imagine getting to that place, that beautiful finished product. I wonder how the artist arrived at the destination and I desperately want to see the road map. It's the sketchbooks, those behind-the-scenes bastions of shameful mishaps and great planning, that go into creating that finished work, that are the roadmaps. I've said to students that before they get depressed and down on themselves and their own art, they need to take a look at a stack of my sketchbooks and see the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The Smithsonian's Archives of American art has some fabulous sketchbook samples from famous artists. Check it out. See what inspires you.
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