Truth About Sketchbooks and Journals

[MrJonkelp]

Very enjoyable thank you

[kika3245]

Omg like I love how you made the 5 section notebook of ideas. For examPle the sunset thing, I could use it for blending in colors b/c I want to be a fashion designer. I really need that info thanks so much for making the vid! Your amazing !!!

[123naruhina]

Can the idea book be useful for learning to draw fashion? Like a fashion illustrator? I want to practice because I have no clue about the fabrics and sort.

And 2:I like THOSE sketch books. But I'm forced to get a ringed one, I hate those.

[SuzetsStudio]

@123naruhina You bet you can and should use an idea book to study fashion. This will help you start to see a pattern in what your personal aesthetic is in fashion. For example after you have 30 images of jackets with belts that you were drawn to tear out, that would be a clue that jackets with belts were something you might want to play with for your own designs. The same is true for fabrics, color palette, and motifs you will start to see a common style or direction that will help you learn.

[SuzetsStudio]

@SuzetsStudio The benefit to the spiral sketchbooks is that they lay flat and drawings can be removed easily. It is all good as long as you keep on using them. Thanks for your questions.

[123naruhina]

@SuzetsStudio Thanks!

[xenophanesiamnot]

Couldn't agree with you more. I stock up on large and small notebooks, and fill them up pretty quick. I do the morning pages too. =) I'm not a professional writer, but I'd like to get good at it. I bought moleskines and other fine notebooks for a while, only to realize the writings I did in them never evolved because I was too hesitant to rework things and take risks. Having acid free, archival paper and calfskin bound covers isn't important. Rewriting and taking risks is.

[roscoegino]

RIP BORDERS

[NouvistOtaku]

Thanks over the years ive bought loads of notebooks and journals and have never used them just started using them whilst at uni to place my ideas in . :), Youve given me many ideas when im doing my modules.

[Writer4ever779]

Thank you for the advise :) I have a semi fancey journal that I use all the time :) I use to be scared to write in it but not anymore. I love journaling and art. -3

[ArchitekOGP]

I like to use Moleskine as I have to thing about keeping things tidy and neat. I keep one notebook for general drawings and ideas and a seperate sketchbook for when I have a final idea already in my head that I want to create with to final. Great tips by the way. :)

[NDRIIZZ]

Great advice. I recently bought a 4 x 6 sketchbook solely for the purpose of taking it with me everywhere. :)

[zelda75231]

i love the advice you give. keep up the good work and suggest more things. excellent.

[russocomedy]

Fear, a driving force to move you forward or backward. I'm so pleased you prefaced your presentation from an emotional base that alludes to the stultifying emotional position of 'perfectionism or nothing.' our fear of not being good enough. Your method I believe leads the person who follows your examples into an exploration of their own 'self-health, by way of self

discovery. Additionally, your easy manner of saying "just paper' is inviting to the student and eases one's fear of starting.

[SuzetsStudio]

@russocomedy Thank you for the comment. It encourages me to share my perspective.

[danielbalter]

This video combines my two favorites: art and women.

[iona407]

hopefully this video will help me start drawing in my sketchbooks - i have a little collection but im too scared to start drawing in them or i feel it wont look good enough

ill do an experiment tomorrow of doodling on scrap paper first then ill draw in my sketchbook. thanks : )

[Joswigfall]

"It's just paper" .

You couldn't have said it better!

[carysfaerie]

Great video. The world of 'scrapbooking' that has recently become popular, where page after page is manicured to 'perfection' just restricts creativity..and defeats the point of a sketchbook as a tool to learn and develop. It contributes to that fear of the blank page."It's just paper!" fantastic.

[dzipeto]

Thanks for posting this video -- your visuals and explanations make it a genuine, rich lesson!

[zekehooper]

Hey does anyone know how to remove the printed words from books? I have a bunch of books I got cheap that I use as sketch pads. I turn them upside down to draw so that the wods don't get in the way. it is a little like drawing on grid paper. But I have been wanting to try and "bleach" the pages so the words are gone. I haven't been able to find a process that works yet though. So I am asking for help.

[SuzetsStudio]

@zekehooper - Gesso your pages zeke. Or if you want to you can just paint them with opaque acrylic. Bleach will not work well for your purpose. Best wishes!

[zekehooper]

@SuzetsStudio Thanks for the info. I never heard of gesso before, but then again I don't paint. I also have been looking up stuff about altered books and have come across some realy great ideas. Like, I never thought of tearing out pages so you can close the book once you start adding stuff to it. Thanks again.

[statono]

This is such an awesome video.....I am totally inspired! Thank you so much for taking your time to make such a wonderful video!

[antoniomanley]

^^ - 5/5 jusst for u

[SuzetsStudio]

You rock A!

[antoniomanley]

Hey suzet it's good to talk to you again haven't seen you in a couple of months I watched this again and I tottally agree it's just paper teehee And I've been drawing and sketching different armors and weaponry to add to my manga charachter I thank you alot for this great video and love your work and art :) feel free to send a message to my inbox or even my channel ---Antonio

[beatakrejcova]

I forgot to mention, I make my own "heavy duty" journals from file folders; just stich them together...........so much fun...Bea

[beatakrejcova]

Suzet, I'm with you! @ times we get intimidated by a blank book..but how foolish is that! I have an assortment of journals, some for daily writings, ( that book gets rained, snowed on..I write things that I'd tell my best friend). Then another one for sketches and cutouts..another ones for plans, yet another for gardening and weight loss...Yes, I have a whole bunch of them running simultaneously....it's joy and fun. Thanks so much for this vid...:-) Bea

[antoniomanley]

I really don't know what to sketch in my sketchbook tho anyone got any ideas

[aglover0099]

i have a art journal. i take dresses and oufits from magazines and paste them. then i just draw legs, arms, heads, accessories!!! i love it!!!!!

[cheeky080monkey]

this is really helpfull, thanks i kind of have loads of doodles and sketches everywere, and think i am going to get a sketch book now because all these vids on youtube make have drove me mad knowing i dont have one :)

[jbdacayan]

hi suzet! you inspired me to use my sketchbooks which i've collected over the years. Honestly i was scared in using them, thank you so much in sharing your thoughts about art too.

[Dix994]

I think one of the problems, esp with all the showing of journals and sketchbooks here on video channels, is that the showers are often making these journals with the idea in mind that others are going to see them. This in my opinion sort of defeats the purpose of keeping a journal. Can you really be truthful and honest with your writing and your art if you are thinking mainly about how it will look or be received by others? Maybe, but not 100%. I sure as heck know I would hold back a lot!

[antoniomanley]

Thanx so much this video helped me a lot I have a sketchbook that I got 4 cristmas and I was afraid to use it but now I'm more open and stuff...so thanx a lot... xD I'm realy looking for blank paper I can't seem to find it at any stores but I think the paper with Lines are good practice to and thanx again...

[l3londel3arbie]

cant see your sketch books..

[flumoxed38]

Obvious from your wonderful organised clutter that you're a professional!

[parsonsdaughter]

I just discovered your videos and I love your style. I got a camera and tripod recently and hope to do some as well. Your comment about journals is great...people tend to only show the "cool" pages on video, but my journal has cool pages and chicken scratch as well. Keep up the good work.

[theTRUE1414]

grate video, i admit when i buy a ew sketch book , im afired that what i draw/write will rurren the page .. but ty any way .. oh n loved the idea about useing an old book.. reminds me of something i id when i was younger

[artyoxygen]

Great tips. I used to use these glossy diaries and journals earlier. Strangely enough my thoughts would somehow get blocked whenever I looked at the glamourous looking pages! So now i stick to simple blank notebooks where i tend to scribble and sketch stuff. To stick interesting cuttings I use old magazines. :)

[OldGothGranny]

I love the idea of it just being paper and a tool, rather than as the end product!

[art4artsake66]

So many great ideas all in one vid. Great job!!!!!!!!

Wendy

[lpatencio]

whoot, hoot, I get to see suzet! This video is so excellent because it is real! I keep sketch books where I park my behind. I also have two binders full of magazine tear outs, and you are right about a certain style or color combo that I like. The best tip here, was dating my pages. I will do that for sure. I am so happy to see you. You look like my oldest daughter! Lisa