Comments on: On sketchbooks http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2007/11/on-sketchbooks/ Artist & curator Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:38:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Paul http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2007/11/on-sketchbooks/#comment-5726 Paul Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:51:41 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2007/11/on-sketchbooks/#comment-5726 Forgot to mention that I'm now working on loose paper and other sheet materials. Oops. Forgot to mention that I’m now working on loose paper and other sheet materials. Oops.

]]> By: Paul http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2007/11/on-sketchbooks/#comment-5725 Paul Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:48:53 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2007/11/on-sketchbooks/#comment-5725 There's nothing more likely to stifle my creativity than a sketchbook. They become counter-productive; the focus being the book as a seamless whole. They're not a place for making mistakes. Now I can vary the surface I work on. I'm not restricted to a particular scale or format. I don't have to keep things flat or wait for something to dry before I can move on to my next idea. Clumsy mistakes can be edited out without a binding to damage or wasting time thinking of something suitable to cover things up. I can recycle or collage. Keep the parts I like and move on or consign everything to the bin. I can be as outrageous or experimental as I like. The anxiety of the sketchbook has gone and I can just get on with things. There’s nothing more likely to stifle my creativity than a sketchbook. They become counter-productive; the focus being the book as a seamless whole. They’re not a place for making mistakes.

Now I can vary the surface I work on. I’m not restricted to a particular scale or format. I don’t have to keep things flat or wait for something to dry before I can move on to my next idea.

Clumsy mistakes can be edited out without a binding to damage or wasting time thinking of something suitable to cover things up. I can recycle or collage. Keep the parts I like and move on or consign everything to the bin.

I can be as outrageous or experimental as I like. The anxiety of the sketchbook has gone and I can just get on with things.

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