Sketchbooking.

This is the first update on the progression of my work during the summer. Here are a few things I've been doing this week in my newly made sketchbooks. 

Mixed Media Houses.

Dripping Ink Skull.

Skull and Daisy.

Mixed Media Block of Houses.

Mixed Media Colour Leaves.

Mixed Media Coloured Leaves.

Mixed Media Cacti.

Pencil on Black Paper Whale.

Two Tone Ink Drawing of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tracing Paper Removable Sunglasses.

Wax Crayon and Ink Yoda.

Wax Crayon, Ink and Pencil Bikes. 

Handmade Sketchbooks.

I recently made two of my own sketchbooks using a variety of different papers including tracing paper, old opened out envelopes, parchment paper, etc. I used different papers since I'm really bad at sticking with one sketchbook, and in hope that this will keep me interested until the end. This will also help me with different approaches to different paper and media, helping me become looser in my illustration work. To make these books I used the coptic stitch binding method. For a first attempt, I don't think they came out too bad, they could be a little neater but that will come with practice I suppose. 

My Hand Bound Books.