This post shows a wee bit of the process I sometimes go through in developing a sketchbook page. I am often inspired in unexpected ways.
After finishing all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels written by Dorothy L. Sayers, published 1923 - 1939, I found four more books dealing with the amateur detective and his wife, written by Jill Paton Walsh using Sayers’ notes and fictional letters for her stories published 1998 - 2013. Early this morning I was beginning “The Atterbury Emeralds” when I came across this little bit about gentleman’s gentleman Bunter keeping a Commonplace Book. I had never heard this term before, so I looked it up. Here is the section from my borrowed ebook:
I often copy quotes or book passages in journals as a way of remembering them; this has been a habit since I was a teenager, though there was no art in books at that time. Who knew that there was actually a term for these books?!! So I planned out a sketchbook page where I could jot down this quote and the definition — adding some of my sketchbooks from my bookshelf.
First, I usually plot out some of my idea in pencil. Since I knew there would be lots of text here, I drew in lines using the Everyday Artist Sketchliner stencil, seen behind the right side of my sketchbook in the above photo. It can be found online at Cheap Joe’s art supplies.
Thank you. I always enjoy seeing jour journal spreads.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome! : )
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