Seawhite Concertina Sketchbook A4

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So many people use them, so many people love them. What is a concertina sketchbook and why do I love them so much? Concertina Sketchbooks – What Are They? We have recently expanded our range of concertina-style sketchbooks and felt it would be a good time to look at some of their features. Concertina sketchbooks invert the normal format of a sketchbook by giving artists one continuous working surface. Illustrator Peony Gent did some tests with one of our new Moleskine concertina sketchbooks to see how it handled. Repeat this process with the next two pieces of paper until you have a very long (2m +) piece of paper. MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS PUT THE TAPE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE LONG PAPER AS YOU MAKE IT. (You don’t want one paper with tape showing and the other without.)

I’ve been looking at Karen’s work for quite a while and wondering how she achieved the effects in her concertina sketchbooks, so when the opportunity to find out came up, I jumped at the chance. You can store what is effectively a large work of art in a very small compact space, and keep it well protected. Remember sketchbooks can be a place to learn what you like to do when you make art so trials, tests and mistakes are welcome here. There are many ways to make a concertina sketchbook and the internet is full of tutorials, but this straightforward and simple way works the best for me. Although this is a VERY simple process, strangely I have not found a tutorial on this method on the internet. Hence this blog!Not at all! My sketchbooks are much more about mark making and exciting surfaces, with as little or as much drawing as you like. Some participants draw lots, some collage lots. I do provide some pdf photographs for you to work from for inspiration, if you need them.

They are suitable for new artists and those more experienced artists who want to learn new techniques. I first started making them after touring the world ? (Sydney, Barcelona, Carcassonne, Whitstable, York, Cambridge) with a one/two day workshop using concertina sketchbooks in a fun, freeing way. In this next step, you’ll need to measure your paper to cut three strips (in this case) at 18.5cm high. The strip takes the whole length of the paper. You will be left with a wee bit at the top that you won’t need. TIP: You know the old adage, measure twice, cut once? Not a bad rule to follow.In addition, there is the Free Up your Sketchbook and Grow (six week) course. Access is for one year. Enrolment for the next one will open again February 2024.

Exceptionally comprehensive information on watercolour paints and equipment. Exhaustive details on pigments, translucency, comparing brands etc. Essential viewing for the true obsessive. It’s your sketchbook, you can use it however you are comfortable. Some of the most beautiful sketchbooks I’ve seen appear slightly chaotic but they are bursting with energy and personality. My process begins with pencil and paint So pleased this online workshop has taken off. It’s really transformed my mindset to sketching’ Gillian Loved every moment. Karen is such a generous tutor – so informative and helpful. One very happy student – thank you. xx” Jude B Personally I believe the smoothness of the paper is of most benefit to anyone who prefers to use graphite or coloured crayons, as opposed to any paint based artist.Fold them each in half lengthwise, EXACTLY. Line up the longer edges so your fold is perfect. (I find this a much better solution that measuring and drawing a line. The fold irons out over time, and there is no pencil mark to try to erase, which inevitably smears grey all over.) A mine of information on ‘plein air’ painting and sketching from the author of ‘Dinotopia’. Daily posts, always interesting.