SKETCHBOOK PAGES

I carry a sketchbook everywhere I go.  There is so much value in that little book, or collection of books now.  Every moment we live can be a trigger to a great idea, and like dreams, ideas can go away really fast.  Sketchbooks are idea nets that we capture ideas, concepts, and thoughts within.  They are an extension of our memory, the physical part of it, a part that helps us reflect and recollect thoughts, people, places, and more.

I do not have any particular favorite medium to use in a sketch book but I do tend to use more permanent media so that they don’t rub away onto the opposite page when I carry them with me.  I also use a clip board and loose print paper as a form of sketchpad when I am rifling through ideas.  They are not bound pages but still function in a similar fashion.  The following are a collection of location sketches, ideas, thought, and concepts from sketchbooks and clipboard drawings.

Westlake Greenhouses Abandoned  –  Media:  Gouache on Bristol Plate

Midway Sketches  –  Media:  Ballpoint Pen, Gouache on Bristol Plate

“Speedy Smith Grind by Cab” – Personal  Media:  Acrylic and Gouache

“We Have Eyes on You, At the Border of Cali and Mexico” –  Personal  Media:  Acrylic

“Micro Studies” – Personal  Media:  Gouache

“Inktober Fun” – Personal  Media:  Pen and Ink wash

“Inktober 2” – Personal  Media:  Brush and Ink/Ink Wash

“In to the Mist, Inktober 3” – Personal  Media:  Brush Ink, Colored Ink, Ink Wash

Live Sketches on Board the USS Midway – Personal  Media:  BallPoint Pen

Gouache

Oil sketches

Ballpoint Pen

Gouache

Ballpoint Pen on Printer Paper

Gouache after Berkey

Ballpoint Pen and Digital