Sketchbooks in Schools - AccessArt

Sketchbooks in Schools is the endeavor of Paula Briggs and Sheila Ceccarelli of AccessArt. It abounds with sketchbook ideas and activities and connects educators, students and artists. Check out their youtube channel for demo videos. Click on the photos for descriptions of a sketchbook icebreaker and a stitched story collage.

my first watercolor and some other stuff

Some recent work from my sketchbook and two persimmons that became one after I was done painting.

Sketchbook Series: Ashley

Here are some selections from my sketchbook. I'm becoming interested in lines that connect: webs, string, stitching.

Subway Series: Rusty Zimmerman

My wonderful friend Rusty was over this weekend. We sat on my fire escape, watched the Marathoners putter, stride and wheel by, sipped coffee and talked about drawing. Rusty is an illustrator by trade and I've always admired his work. Pictured above are a few Subway sketches from his moleskin. I wish I could draw like that! More about rusty here.

Sketchbook Series: Kara Kramer

These are images from a few of Kara's sketchbooks. As you can see they vary from watercolor to pen, to some collage. They also go from a few years ago to more recently. Kara says, "I go through phases of using them and then forgetting about them. Sometimes they are used for a specific idea or poem but mostly for me to just play. I also tend to stuff pages of loose drawings in them like the one from the back of a tea box."

I love John Copeland's tall stack of pancake cars. Looks like he's also sketching his sketches...a bit of meta-sketching. How can I bring the verbs "layer" and "cram" into my own work? His work is smashing up against the edges of the page. Great.