Seawhite A5 Concertina Sketchbook with Case

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Chose a material or materials for the cover that you feel is appropriate for the content of the sketchbook, that lends itself to being collaged. Fabric, tissue paper, old letters, maps, photographs, dead leaves, anything goes! My online courses are perfect if you find yourself too busy to attend classes and cannot find a suitable sketchbook class and you are happy to work around your own commitments I can fill one side of a sketchbook in one session or it might take several weeks. However, if I have an idea, I might choose colours that fit my theme or decide on dark and light areas throughout the book. Sketches and drawings Did I miss any reasons? – let me know in the comments below! What is the Best Paper Weight and Size for a Concertina Sketchbook

I tried adding a taped hinge to the two covers (how the Moleskine ones are constructed), but this only worked when sketching in the concertina one way; one side of the paper still didn’t get the support of both covers.

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We carry a large selection of sketchbook sizes - everything from small A6 notebooks to square and graduate sizes and even huge expansive A1 sizes, there's a sketchbook for everyone. Our large format sketchbooks are truly unique, available in different ranges and finishes, both in case and spiral bound options and popular with artists who work big and education as classroom floor books. 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.) When you measure the paper to fit around your cover cardboard, leave a good 3cm beyond the shape of your board. TIP: Fold the paper over first to get the shape of the cover into the paper. At the corners, cut a slight V shape away from the corner for ease in folding over. You can use either double sided tape to attach the cover paper or glue. I chose double sided tape. 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! I recommend that you start with Buildings or How Wild is my Garden so you can see the way I work. I continue to build on the techniques learnt in Allotments and Abstracts.

Something to collage the covers with that relates to sketchbook – tissue paper, fabric, maps, photographs, collected bits This the 25 minute lesson from Sketchbook Revival 2022 with an added bonus of 20 minutes additional material, as I work on my sketchbook. SIGN UP I now have TWO NEW FOLLOW ON courses for those who have taken Free Up Your Sketchbook and Grow! My struggle here is not to get too tight again. I sometimes find myself hunched over the sketchbook with a tiny brush or pencil, my nose inches away from the paper focused on a tiny area. This is not comfortable and usually happens when I’m trying to control the outcome too much. Then it’s time to take a breath, stretch and make a cup of tea. Concertina sketchbook tipsLine up the long paper of four sheets taped together on a table or clean working surface with the tape facing down and the cuts facing up. 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. Next I was interested in how the sketchbook would take colour and delicate tools such as pastels and buildable crayons. I scan the drawings on the scanner giving overlaps at the edges and then stitch the images together using an app on my smartphone, as I haven’t got a fancy editing programme like photoshop on the computer. Laborious but it works. A chance to browse through 26 travel sketchbooks. Lots of fresh watercolour, ink and pencil location pictures.

So pleased this online workshop has taken off. It’s really transformed my mindset to sketching’ Gillian 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. Choosing a theme for the sketchbook is not necessary before you start or at all. The beach theme comes up a lot in my sketchbooks because I spend time by the sea in Brighton. I have other concertina books that are just full of colour and marks. You can see an example of this here.

How I Make the Best Concertina Sketchbook (for me!)

There are seven online Creative Concertina Sketchbook shorter courses to choose from. All of these courses have lifetime access. The Buildings, Allotments and Abstracts courses each comprise six modules, with many mini lessons of short 5-10 minute videos. You can complete them in your own time, over a weekend or over many weeks, stopping and replaying as much as you need to. If you are like me, you may be one of those illustrators who collect brushes, paint, drawing implements of all kinds and sketchbooks! Another thing that gives me great satisfaction is book binding for art books. Don’t worry! This is easier than that, no special book binding instruments needed of any kind. I was eagerly trying to soak up all the great techniques and info that you are willing to share with us.” Bernadette Got so excited, couldn’t stop watching. Karen thank you for an inspirational workshop, time now to collect my ” toys” and supplies – and start exploring. Am a fairly experienced painter – but you have ignited my creativity to sketch and begin to explore my new home county of Rutland. A big thank you. Maggy