Softback books are bendy, but lightweight. Hardback books don’t need to be supported by a drawing board.
Portrait, square or landscape formats create opportunities for very different kinds of drawings. How do you plan to use it? Will you be making notes at a desk, surreptitiously sketching on a train or standing on a hilltop painting expansive watercolours? Pick a size and weight appropriate to its use. What medium will you be using? What texture of surface do you like? How heavy does the paper need to be? Should it be white, off-white or a colour? Before you buy, or make, a sketchbook consider: Sketchbooks are tactile objects and should be a pleasure to use. A sketchbook is often the first place a new idea makes contact with the world and can become a rich visual diary a cabinet of curiosities for everything you have seen. Some people keep home-bound tomes, fat with magazine rips and collaged scraps, while others have slim leather-bound notebooks on hand at all times for scribbling thoughts and observations.
The simple sketchbook can be an artist’s most valuable resource. Link copied to clipboard Artist Jake Spicer offers his tips on how to make the best use of your all-important sketchbooks.
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