Keeping a Sketchbook Answers 5 Questions for Most Artists

5 Questions Answered by Keeping a Sketchbook

1. What will be the theme of my next painting collection? 
2. What size, shape and type of canvas do I want to choose? 
3. Do I prefer to choose a different painting surface than I have in the past? 
4. What colors do I want to use in my paintings?
5. What are some designs I can create now to use later while painting?

I recently realized that I need a Sketchbook Practice before I have a Painting Art Studio Practice. 

I love painting. I want to know what to paint. Knowing what to paint helps me get into a roll while in my studio instead of walking In circles, wondering what to paint. 

The last time my art painting studio was in limbo, I filled sketchbooks at a rate of one per month. These sketchbooks helped me paint for hours when my studio was set up and ready to use! Now, my dream art studio is in limbo…so sketching is what I can do now! 

If you’d like to see some of my sketches and maybe words from previous years, you click through these: 

3 Artist Must Haves mentions sketchbooks

Watch on YouTube here: Sketching Drawing at Frida Kahlo Exhibit at Dali Museum
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Sketches done at home of the turtle release at Playa Tortugo, Costa Rica. It was dusk and the walk out to the shoreline was gorgeous. I left my sketchbook kit safely at home. Sometimes it’s just better to sketch later.

Lucky me, I have friends who understand me and allow me draw while we chat. These are random items and garden scenes at Randy and Maria’s home.