About this time of year my focus returns to my sketchbooks and thoughts of the next evolution of my art .... and a new sketchbook!
Purchased sketchbooks have their limitations....
size/format of pages
weight of paper especially for wet media - availability and price
painting only one spread at a time
So this year I've decided to make my own concertina sketchbooks. Found some 300gsm paper (on sale!) and have cut it into 19cm (7.5 ins) strips and I can join as many of these as I like! This gives me a 19 x 37cm (7.5 x14ins) spread and so many options.
My first was a smaller version, exploring one of the techniques we learned in drawing class, as we made our fabulous collaborative work for the show at the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery.
This is the final version of the collaborative work from our DRAW23 exhibition on the wall... it was over 2m square!
When it came to thinking about a new colour palette and the next evolution of the Songs of The Garden series - I joined 3 strips together for this long book and just kept playing ... lots of fun, no waiting for the paint to dry but not easy to photograph!
For the next one …
I decided to try throwing some colour and drawing onto the art paper before making the concertina book and seeing what happens .....
I'll keep you posted!
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Till next time .... CC
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