My feedback was very positive and I was incredibly happy.
I hoped my passion for sketchbook would shine though without me having that “perfect” sketchbook but by me being myself and was happy this was the case.
Research task – artist sketchbook I actually forgot to include the question I asked my tutor, this was a small oversight on my behalf, luckily I got the chance to ask more questions and I loved the answers, the “never a first page” gives me some serious food for thought. – I will go back and include this.
Exercise 1.1 your relationship with your sketchbook.
“personal response to sketchbooks and you turned this around to your benefit. This shows a very proactive response to visual blockages.”
I guess my sketchbook are more personal in a way I didn’t even realize, maybe a part of accepting who I am as a person/illustrator is coming though within these pages.
Assignment one
“You have used a range of media and visual approaches in your sketchbook and your interest in colour is really coming through in your work.”
I now love colour, I didn’t always in my work as used to get it soo soo wrong, I like colour to evoke emotions, I think I even have my thing when comes to the way I use colour which was never intentional but I guess a part of my artist voice.
“you mention your reticence to talk about your sketchbook and ‘failing’ to add music. How about adding ‘sounds’ that refer to what you said in your explanation “I’m lost, lost in the sea of sounds and I have no voice” This is a very powerful and descriptive bit of text that you could visually pursue in future work”
I love this idea so much and it is something I wish to pursue.
“you don’t always have to fill the page. Think about ‘less is more’ and the use of ‘white space’
This is something I will work on, I do have a habit of trying not to waste (paper) even though I know not a waste and I can also get carried away drawing and doodling until I run out of paper!
I do think my sketchbook work will look better with a nice balance between the two…
I will also look at this as a chance to look deeper into negative space and how to use, see if any courses on skillshare / youtube to boost my skillsets more.
Thank you for the recommended artists and books
I have ordered Wreak this journal by Keri Smith as it seem like such a fun book and we need a bit of fun in these times (COVID-19 – ISOLATION)
Emclemmie OCA Sketchbooks 