Out and About- urban sketching sketchbook tour

This morning I had a seminar on Urban Sketching with the International Women's Association here in Graz. We met at a local cafe and together sketched our surroundings. It was a fun morning and a lot of really great sketches resulted. I may at some point post the results together but that will be in a future post. Since I was leading the group I didn't actually sketch myself during our stay. I did, however, prepare a simple accordion sketchbook as a visual aid. I am sharing it with you today just for fun. This is different than the observational drawing type of Urban Sketching I usually do and falls more into the realm of visual storytelling. In it, I document my daily round of errands. I hope you enjoy it and are inspired to create something yourself whether it be a spontaneous layout like mine or a carefully planned and executed, detailed piece.

The Sketchbook is a handmade one I put together this summer while doing a project with my children, I hadn't found an opportunity to use it until now. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. The small origami frames with the linoleum print cutouts where just a whimsey back in summer.

Here is the front:

And here is the back:

Have you created a visual journal or sketchbook? Let me know in the comments.



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