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February 17, 2012

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Julie Paradise

it is funny that you write about that now, because yesterday I had a chat with a friend who was in the bus with me while I was sketching (3 spreads, just quick gesture sketches of the commuters). I turned my journal upside down and back again, and she was awing me, "how daring you are!" I never thought one could be restricted by such things as this is my sketchbook. even if I felt I wanted to fill it with peanut butter and marmelade to express a certain feeling I would go and do it (just searching for an extreme example here ;-). it is mine.

great how you point out those superstitions that keep us in too big a (misunderstood) respect of our "precious blank books", as this is what inhibits creativity. I have learnt a lot from this series of yours, thank you!

Roz Stendahl

Julie, thanks for writing and I am so glad you were there on hand to be a wonderful role model to your friend as you were sketching.

There are so many ways to feel "precious" about our "precious" books. I love turning my book on its side in class demos because there are little aha moments when the students realize they don't have be faced with the single page or page spread in a single orientation.

One of the many great things about a visual journal is that it allows us the opportunity to experiment as the moment dictates.

I hope you have many more fun bus sketching trips! (But I kinda sorta hope you don't put peanut butter and marmelade in your journal, extreme example or not…But if you were to do so I hope you'd have fun.)

Serena

When I'm working with single pages I turn my sketchbook on their side a lot, particularly for landscape formats. I agree...being 'too precious' can inhibit creativity. :)

Elizabeth A

Simply love the expression on that dog.

Roz Stendahl

Elizabeth, thanks, the face should be wider, but the eye totally worked and so I decided to fudge things rather than restate lines. I'm glad you enjoyed him.

Roz Stendahl

Serena, I'm glad to hear the boundaries of the book aren't stopping you from using it to its fullest—Keep turning those books, and those pages!

Heather

This concept hit me like a lighting bolt when I saw this journal by Andrea Joseph (whose blog I found through you, I'm sure): http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreajoseph/sets/72157627054894528/

Roz Stendahl

Heather, thanks for sending that link to Andrea's flickr page. I went there and found some really cool spreads that look as if she turned her book 90 degrees, at every corner (that's the only way I can describe it after a long day), so that each corner is in a different orientation. Very FUN!

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