Expressive Sketchbooks - Helen Wells

Expressive Sketchbooks by Helen Wells is a practical guide to building a more personal, confident sketchbook practice. This paperback edition is subtitled Developing creative skills, courage, and confidence.

Key details

• Author: Helen Wells
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 144
• Publisher: Quarto
• Publication date: 14 April 2020
• ISBN: 9781631598357

Synopsis

This visually rich book brings together prompts, tools and techniques designed to help you develop an expressive sketchbook on your own terms. It introduces creative exercises using mark making, watercolour and mixed media, collage and text, supported by extensive visual inspiration.

There is also guidance for working outdoors, including using a viewfinder, choosing a viewpoint, applying the rule of thirds, and exploring space and perspective. Along the way, it considers common obstacles that can hold you back and offers a framework for deciding why and how to begin, so your sketchbook aligns with your personal goals.

Further details

• Subtitle: Developing creative skills, courage, and confidence
• Dimensions: 216 x 280 x 11 mm
• Illustrations: 250 colour illustrations
• Subject focus: Art (other)

Rackhams Reference : VB911B87YU