A Stitcher's "Sketchbook"
As an artist, I keep a "few" different sketchbooks. This is only a portion of them! There are travel sketchbooks; the ones I use when I travel, both locally and further afield. These tend to be more "show" sketchbooks, records of my travels. They are full of memories and I really cherish them! Then there are the "Challenge" sketchbooks, where I've participated in a challenge to sketch things from a list of possible subjects. Often termed "Scavenger Hunts", these have been a great way to focus on creating art on a regular basis. For me, they have helped me learn and grow as an artist as well as to help me draw what is really there vs what I "think" is there. Then there are the "idea" sketches. For me, these often end up in various sketchbooks or more often, on loose pieces of copy paper, as I love to sit with my clipboard and work out ideas. Later I file these by category for future reference. They might be stitc
