INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS AN EXPRESSIVE SKETCHBOOK?

Nurture Your Creativity

An expressive sketchbook is a playground for your imagination—a place to nurture your creativity and develop your own artistic style. In this book, I provide lots of guideposts to light your way and help you develop a sketchbook that feels uniquely yours.

This book is about exploring your call to create and coaxing those ideas out onto the page. It is about helping you make art that only you can create.

Know that your sketchbook will not be filled with flawless drawings or perfect outcomes. But the sometimes messy and joyful experiments will pave the way to discovering and refining your own visual style and artistic voice. Keep in mind that sketchbooks are where you develop ...

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