Sketchbook Explorations

Name: Sketchbook Explorations
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SKU: 9781849944809
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for mixed-media and textile artists

By Shelley Rhodes

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Sketchbook Explorations by Shelley Rhodes guides readers through the creative process, offering insights into transforming everyday observations into inspiring sketches. This book encourages artists to explore different mediums and techniques, promoting personal growth and innovation in art. It's a delightful resource for anyone looking to expand their artistic boundaries within the Arts & Culture category.
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If you're intrigued by the interplay of creativity and observation, you may find this book appealing. It offers inspiration and techniques for unlocking your artistic potential through sketchbook activities, making it ideal for art enthusiasts eager to explore new creative horizons.

Sketchbook Explorations

Using a combination of paper, textiles, found objects, pencil, ink and paint, Shelley Rhodes shows how a sketchbook can act as an illustrated diary, a visual catalogue of a journey or experience or as a starting point for more developed work.

Description

A practical and inspirational guide to help embroiderers and textile artists make the most of sketchbooks to inform their creative work.

The artist's sketchbook offers an exciting platform to explore a host of mixed media techniques. Using a combination of paper, textiles, found objects, pencil, ink, and paint, Shelley Rhodes shows how a sketchbook can act as an illustrated diary, a visual catalogue of a journey or experience, or as a starting point for more developed work.

Whether out on location or in the studio, Rhodes explores every stage of the creative process, from initial inspiration to overcoming the fear of a blank page, manipulating paper and images, and incorporating 'found' objects to build a sketchbook that is both beautiful and inspiring. Sketchbook Explorations is the ideal companion for everyone from the beginner to the more experienced artist looking for exciting techniques to expand their repertoire in mixed media.

The book explores:

Why work in sketchbooks? The importance and joy of working in a sketchbook.
Ways of recording and investigating ideas that inspire.
Techniques in mixed media from found objects and layers to three-dimensional sketching.
Creating on location.
Using electronic devices to develop ideas.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781849944809

Publisher: Batsford

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 September 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Batsford

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 144

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Non-Fiction Shelley Rhodes

About the Author

Shelley Rhodes is a contemporary mixed media artist who combines fabric, paper and stitch with drawing, prints and digital art. Working from her studio on the Cumbria/Lancashire border she teaches workshops covering all aspects of design, stitch, drawing, sketchbooks and mixed media work. She is a member of the prestigious Textile Study Group and has written for a variety of publications including Drawn to Stitch and Somerset Studio.