Ideas & Inspirations for Art Journals & Sketchbooks

If you have been thinking of creating a sketchbook-or if you've already started one-you'll find valuable and inspiring new ideas here. Packed with creative examples and encouraging words, Ideas & Inspirations for Art Journals will get you going with examples of sketchbook pages to inspire you, information to help you, and techniques that will make your sketchbook meaningful. Artist and author Suzanne McNeill reveals everything you need to know to become an accomplished sketch-journalist. She shares insightful tips on choosing a subject, sketching from life, layouts, lettering, covers, and much, much more. You'll soon be creating your own one-of-a-kind personal books to record personal memories, as you sketch travel adventures, friends, designs, ideas, and events. Your sketch-journal will be wonderfully revealing and uniquely yours-the perfect place to capture a moment, track the changes in your life, interpret your experiences, and just have fun!

If you have been thinking of creating a sketchbook-or if you've already started one-you'll find valuable and inspiring new ideas here. Packed with creative examples and encouraging words, Ideas & Inspirations for Art Journals will get you going with examples of sketchbook pages to inspire you, information to help you, and techniques that will make your sketchbook meaningful. Artist and author Suzanne McNeill reveals everything you need to know to become an accomplished sketch-journalist. She shares insightful tips on choosing a subject, sketching from life, layouts, lettering, covers, and much, much more. You'll soon be creating your own one-of-a-kind personal books to record personal memories, as you sketch travel adventures, friends, designs, ideas, and events. Your sketch-journal will be wonderfully revealing and uniquely yours-the perfect place to capture a moment, track the changes in your life, interpret your experiences, and just have fun!

If you have been thinking of creating a sketchbook-or if you've already started one-you'll find valuable and inspiring new ideas here. Packed with creative examples and encouraging words, Ideas & Inspirations for Art Journals will get you going with examples of sketchbook pages to inspire you, information to help you, and techniques that will make your sketchbook meaningful. Artist and author Suzanne McNeill reveals everything you need to know to become an accomplished sketch-journalist. She shares insightful tips on choosing a subject, sketching from life, layouts, lettering, covers, and much, much more. You'll soon be creating your own one-of-a-kind personal books to record personal memories, as you sketch travel adventures, friends, designs, ideas, and events. Your sketch-journal will be wonderfully revealing and uniquely yours-the perfect place to capture a moment, track the changes in your life, interpret your experiences, and just have fun!

Contents 4 The Basics 6 Make It Personal 10 Sketches from Life 12 Lettering Styles 16 Title Pages 20 Books - Covers 22 Collections 28 Events - Holidays 34 Day by Day 38 Maps - Memories 44 Supplies 46 Essentials