Sketchbooks
Dan China
www.danchina,net
Sketchbooks
develop a wide range of
art and design
techniques in using
control and their use of materials, with
colour, pattern, texture, creativity, experimentation
line, shape, form and
space
Dan China
www.danchina,net
A sketchbook is?
A sketchbook is a place
for creative play
Sketchbooks as artefact, or artist’s book.
Sketchbooks are where
we can keep notes and
references learning about art
Sketchbook as art exercise book
Amazing book by a
primary school student
Sketchbook as scrapbook
Sketchbook for reflection
The next set of slides show how a hand made sketchbook was used
during Arts Week. The work all revolved around this picture following
the National Gallery picture in focus idea.
Sketchbooks for
visual research
Gathering and presenting reference images.
Working hard to investigate ideas in some depth.
Working books, developing ideas, visual research
Sketchbook is a scrapbook for, notes, resources, images, ideas, colour schemes
Sketchbook used to plan in detail
Sketchbooks can be journals,
simply recording ideas
and memories
Sketchbook as journal
Sketchbooks can be:
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Journal,
Visual diary
Research book
Drawings book
Ideas book
Artists book
Scrapbook
Ideas book
Sketchbooks can provide:
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A place to record information
Something to plan with
A quiet place to invent and create
A place to practice skills
A place to reflect on work and what has been
learned
Sketchbooks can include:
• Drawings from observation, memory and
imagination
• Notes, tests and experiments with things like
colour, composition, texture, mark making.
• Photographs, text, images, diagrams.
• Found stuff like fabric, rubbings, paper
• Written notes throughout.
• Judgements, evaluations and assessments