SketchLook! January 2016

SketchLook is an ongoing feature of the SCBWI Blog. It is a glimpse into the working process of artists, how we experiment, think through our ideas, stretch our imagination and observe the world. This is a glimpse at current work in progress, free doodles, rough drawings, and sketches from life. CLICK HERE to participate in SketchLook.

Take a peek at the working drawings and sketchbooks of some of our members:

Benjamin Johnston—Every project I do, no matter what type of media, starts out as sketches in a book. I wouldn't show the very first attempts though.

Andrea Edmonds—When ideas for a story or a character come to mind, I’ll use my sketchbook to jot down those first ideas and initial sketches. When working on a project, I use my sketchbook for character development, roughs, colour palette ideas and reference material to refer back to. Here are a few examples from my personal sketchbook.

A call-out for the next selection will be sent out in good time but members of SCBWI Australia East & New Zealand are invited to submit images at any time. Work should be scans or snapshots of sketchbook pages featuring sketches, drawings from life or working drawings. Up to five images, Jpeg format, 72 dpi, 750px width maximum. Kindly avoid overlaying text on images and other digital manipulation. CLICK HERE to submit images for SketchLook.

SketchLook!

SketchLook is an ongoing feature of the SCBWI Blog. It is a glimpse into the working process of artists, how we experiment, think through our ideas, stretch our imagination and observe the world. This is a glimpse at current work in progress, free doodles, rough drawings, and sketches from life. CLICK HERE to participate in SketchLook.

 

To get us started, we thought we'd give you a peek at our working drawings and sketchbooks:

Sarah Davis—I'm working on a book for Gecko Press, written by Juliette MacIver, called "That's Not A Hippopotamus!". For the first time I'm using an  A3 scrapbook to collect all my thoughts and scribblings. I really like this way of working, and it's great to have everything in one place and see how the ideas progress, so I think I might keep at it. Here you can see my attempts to develop all the characters - an entire class of schoolkids!

Marjorie Crosby-Fairall—I tend to use my sketchbook for "shorthand" notes and ideas while I'm thinking through a project. When I'm happy with a concept and rough layout I swap to separate sheets of paper which are often organised into notebooks. Unless I am working on a book, I usually develop the characters according to the requirements of the layout. 

A call-out for the next selection will be sent out in good time but members of SCBWI Australia East & New Zealand are invited to submit images at any time. Work should be scans or snapshots of sketchbook pages featuring sketches, drawings from life or working drawings. Up to five images, Jpeg format, 72 dpi, 750px width maximum. Kindly avoid overlaying text on images and other digital manipulation. CLICK HERE to submit images for SketchLook.