How to Keep a Sketchbook Journal

by Claudia Nice

Keep a sketchbook journal and explore your world, preserve your thoughts and celebrate life More than a diary of written words, a sketchbook journal allows you to indulge your imagination and exercise... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581800444
• ISBN13: 9781581800449
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: North Light Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book by someone who has worked through the process personally.

The second page of the book tells us that when Claudia is not involved with her art career, Claudia enjoys hiking and horseback riding in the wilderness behind her home on Mt. Hood. Claudia starts out by telling you how to make a field kit to carry your supplies. She lists what she carries in her bag. Then she discusses sketching, perspective, color, and types of sketchbooks. She shows some amazing pictures from her sketch books. She discusses pencil, pen and ink, watercolor, and mixed media. It is an excellent book to get you on the right track with your journaling efforts.

HOW TO KEEP A SKETCHBOOK JOURNAL

THIS BOOK ARRIVED IN A TIMELY FASHION. THE BOOK WAS IN EXCELLANT CONDITION. I HAVE NOT FOUND A CLAUDIA NICE ART BOOK THAT I DIDN'T ENJOY. SHE HAS A GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL WAY TO SHOW YOU HOW TO PAINT, DRAW, AND ENJOY ART WORK IN A MATTER ANYONE CAN UNDERSTAND. HER EXSAMPLES ARE DETAILED AND SHE GIVES YOU MANY GREAT IDEAS AND METHODS. THE SELLER DETAILED HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO RECIEVE BOOK. THEY LET YOU KNOW WHAT CONDITION THE BOOK WAS IN, AND THEY WERE TRUTHFUL ABOUT EVERYTHING THEY SAID. I WOULD GLADLY PURCHASE FROM THIS VENDOR AGAIN. IT WAS SO EASY.

The Mistress of Pen & Ink!

This book not only has great ideas for sketchbook journals, but wonderful detailed lessons on pen & ink work and watercolor techniques. I wouldn't say it was directed at beginning artists, thought. This is more geared to drawing & painting than actual journaling.

Very enjoyable and nice tips...

I got this book for Christmas and it was a rather nice gift. The copy that was sent to me was a bit imperfect on the cover but I was much pleased with the content. The author presents good tips on how to choose a journal type, the right medium for you and adequate tools, type of drawing, how to draw basic forms and more sophisticated images, what details you should write on your journal, etc. The images in the book are very nice and they vary in sophistication so they are not intimidating. Even if you really don't know how to draw, there are very nice ideas on how to start, for example use plant leaves to make prints and add details with pencils, paints, etc. Another great thing is that the author advises you to research the subjects of your drawings further, instead of just drawing them. Overall, I was rather pleased. Now, if only this book would come alive and send me out the door...

truly a life enhancing experience

I was fascinated by the style and piercing grab Claudia Nice arrived at in her book "How To Keep A Sketchbook Journal" and added some of her suggestions to my own Journaling. It is amazing but some events I "Liked" became events I "Love"now that they have been recorded, illustrated and enhanced with the further insights that seem to tease out or arrive when you revisit the past.(Suggestion: Leave space for new insights and spantaneous arrisings of surprising feelings and sensations as your penetrations into your own life take on a new life of their own ) If you connect meditation with your journaling new space opens up and it is like having a Parallel Universe to be alive in. Truly a life enhancing experience...You owe yourself this books enhancement to the life you own.When you get the knack of it every day can be an adverturous trip that is worth writing about. Seems like there is immesurable meaning and depth to life once you start looking. Thank you Claudia ...

How to make the most of a sketchbook journal

Claudia Nice's How To Keep A Sketchbook Journal (044-4) provides tips from the author's own journals and tells how to make the most of a sketchbook journal, from understanding the different types possible to the techniques for using pencils, pens, brushes and watercolors in the journal. A fine, practical guide.