I started keeping
sketch books as a first year architecture student. We were required to have
one, and use it daily. There was no control over what we drew, so I drew
whatever came to mind, or caught my eye. After that year, I continued to
maintain sketchbooks. Without the requirement to draw daily, I began to
focus more on quality as opposed to quantity, only drawing when motivated.
These days, I no longer spend much time drawing in sketchbooks, spending
more time on large projects, or with electronic media. I occasionally add to my
current sketchbook, as I see the books as sort of a chronology of my
progress through life.
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Sketchbook 1
fall '88 - winter '89/90 10.5"x13.5" This is the sketchbook I started in my first year in the Environmental Design College at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Due to the nature of my coursework, many of the images are of an architectural nature, often drawn in class. Most of the other pictures are drawn from just about anything that caught my eye. |
pages 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61! |
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Sketchbook 2
summer '90 - spring '91 10.5"x13.5" This book continues the 'tradition' started in the first sketchbook. I began to focus more on composition and imagination. Although I still continued to draw from images in magazines, I started working them into my own compositions. |
pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74! |
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Sketchbook 3
spring 91 - spring 92 10.5"x13.5" In this book, I develop the sort of surreal layered style that I explored in the 2nd book. This is probably my favorite of the sketchbooks. It has the most content and was drawn in the least amount of time of any of the sketchbooks. |
pages 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77! |
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Sketchbook 3a
fall '91 - spring '92 5"x8" This first small sketchbook was started because it was required for the Drawing & Anatomy class I took. Much of the content is the result of class homework, and use in class for drawing models. |
pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89! |
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Sketchbook 4
Spring 92 - present 10.5"x13.5" This is my current large sketchbook. I don't use it all that often these days, usually to draw preliminary sketches for larger pictures, or when I feel guilty about not drawing more. 10 pages added on 1/27/97. |
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Sketchbook 4a
spring '92 - present 5"x8" After I finished the first small sketchbook, I found it handy to have, so I started a second small sketchbook. The content of the small sketchbooks tends to be more random. 4 pages added on 1/27/97. |
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