Sketchbook Alchemy

I have created this little inspiration session for a couple of reasons, the primary one being to remember we are allowed to play without an agenda, but also that we can find ways to extend that play if we want to take a little project further. Another reason is for you to see what can happen if you keep going - keep adding detail, keep adding darks so that the lights pop, keep thinking about the interplay of values (darks and lights) and chroma (saturation of colour).

Like most of you I suspect, I have a myriad of sketchbooks. Some of you may have seen some of these before. These books are a place of refuge and respite, and may be used for different things  - I have books that I paint in, books that are only for finished sketches, books that have pages of animal studies - but I also have a cheap sketchbook kept beside the lounge that I may doodle and play in. On occasion I will create a little doodle that I fall in love with and want to explore a little further.

This lesson shows me doing just that.