There is nothing like a collection of old sketchbooks, diaries and journals to fire up the imagination and generate ideas. This article examines these often neglected resources.
https://www.johnlovett.com/sketch-books-and-journals
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Great post John. Thanks for sharing your fab sketchbooks. So inspirational. Don’t know if you remember my comment at a Perth workshop about machine stitching pocket journals but here is a link – https://rosjenke.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/fb_img_1457343816342.jpg
Thanks for sharing these amazing sketchbooks, you are so organised, they have inspired me. love D n Lxx
So great to get an article from you again, John. And this is a favorite topic for me. I might be an obsessive lover of sketch book work. Years ago when art school required that we go to see a John Constable exhibition, many of the class did not go. The idea of his big finished canvases did not appeal to everyone. From that exhibition I learn t to always look for the sketchbook work which hopefully makes it to an exhibition, along with the artists other work. His little sketch pads and his sketch paintings were so inspiring. I think you really meet an artist in the sketch work, so I enjoy the sketches you have let us look at in this article.
thanks for sharing.