I have a new favorite sketchbook.
It has:
- 6 signatures that are sewn with a sewing machine
- I glue them together when the sketchbook is full
- The pages are 6″ square
- I work each signature separately, so I can let one page dry and still be working on another
- There is no chronological order
- I glue a print to the cover and back
- And finish it with a folded paper jacket
I have been using this style of sketchbook for the last few months and I am very happy with how the books have come together.
I am finding that this month has a lot of Christmas themed marks. Using some of the small foam stamps that I made with the Stamp Making + Mixed Media Books class. You can still take the class as self-study.
I always love:
- grids
- trees, birds and houses
- lately I have included fish and egg shells
I alway have scribbly text.
I encourage you to find a sketchbook format and tweak it so that sketchbooking is easy and fun for you. I carry mine around and love looking at what I did that day.