Starting Over

Today is the first day of a new sketchbook and it is always a scary thing. Even though, I have learn to avoid being too precious about a sketch book. This is always a nervous feel as the pen hits the page. I decide to start with a typical tree picture. What drew my attention was the bulky circular trunk of the tree, probably where it had been pollard.

The previous sketch book was a good 200pp A5 and so it has taken some time to get through. A change of tack is moving up to a A4 size, which is exactly the size of the scanner. This is to avoid black line through the spine. Half the number of pages probably 96pp and on slightly heavier cartridge paper rather than the smoother calendared paper that is less opaque.

Another layout, I have changed from using all the pages, to using the right hand page for the main sketch and then use the left hand page to play around with the image or quickly sketch what I felt should be the main form of the image.