Guest speaker Jo Blaker discussed her sketchbook work with us and gave her advice and way of thinking within her own practice. She thinks a lot about who the audience is and where it will work when presented or in use. The content put into her sketchbook is based on collecting and gathering, looking/noticing/observing. Jo thinks about the form and texture, especially the natural forms within things. Sketchbook work is a form of thinking, as soon as she starts making it becomes then another new form of thinking. She suggested if you become bored with what you are doing then try using a new material, her practise is based on play and the sketchbooks help her to do that. Jo recently became interested in nature writing and people's connection with nature and the environment. The content of the image isn't always known when starting it, it can develop throughout experimentations.
From Jo's talk, I have learnt that I need to do a lot more work within my sketchbooks and that it is okay to be a lot more fluid and experimental within them it does not always have to be perfect. I have taken away from the talk that I need to love my sketchbook more and not be afraid to draw each idea I have, even if it may not be all that perfect.
Points of reference: Eleanor Taylor/ Bigheads(youtube channel)/ Drawing on the right side of the bran and making great illustrations, both books
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