Artist's Sketchbook: Exercises and Techniques for Sketching on the Spot

Title Page
Reina
Special Offers
Dedication
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Getting Started
	When Are You Able to Sketch on the Spot?
	Where Do You Want to Be?
	The Most Important Question: Why?
	Demonstration: Sketching What Touches Your Heart
	Sketchbook, Journal, Finished Work?
Chapter Two: Materials and Supplies
	Paper Trail
	Other Surfaces
	Pencils
	Colored Pencils
	Demonstration: Unusual Color
	Watercolor Pencils
	Ink Pens and Markers
	Watercolors, Brushes and Extras
	Kits
Chapter Three: Exploring Your Own Backyard
	Open Your Eyes
	Pretend You’re a Tourist
	Change Your Point of View
	Explore New Places
	Preserving Things Before They’re Gone
	Recording Change
	Time and Weather
	Life in Your Sketches
	Interiors and Intimate Views
	Unlovely Bits
	Demonstration: Capturing Changing Seasons
Chapter Four: The Travel Bug
	Keep It Simple
	Finding a Subject
	On the Go
	Be Prepared
	Weather
	Demonstration: Brave the Elements
	Options
	Demonstration: Nevada Mountain Sketching
	Demonstration: Waterfall
	Interpretations
	How Will You Travel?
	Camping
Chapter Five: Nature Sketching
	The Big Picture
	Elements of Landscape
	Demonstration: Dry Atmospheres
	Relationship With a Place
	Demonstration: Park and Sketch
	Painting Expressive Water
	Demonstration: Moving Water
	Trees
	Textures and Foliage
	Hills, Mountains and Rocks
	Demonstration: Depicting Rocks
	Skies and Clouds
	Plants and Flowers
	Wildlife
	Demonstration: Sparrow
	Demonstration: Birds in the Distance
	Field Journal Pages
Chapter Six: Urban Sketching
	Documenting a Place Over Time
	Demonstration: Grain Elevator
	Demonstration: Stone Building
	Inside, Outside
	Statues and Public Art
	Street Scenes
	Markets
	Restaurants, Cafés, Wineries and Bars
	At Home and Abroad
	Adding People
Chapter Seven: Sketching Your Life
	Journaling On the Spot
	What Matters to You?
	Demonstration: Return Sketches
	Special Occasions
	Memories
	What You Can Learn
	Heart Homes
	Demonstration: A Magic Moment
	Making Changes
	Gratitude
	Dealing With Challenges
Chapter Eight: Creativity First
	Try a Different Format
	The Unexpected
	Demonstration: Watered Down
	Shadow Play
	Imagination
	Demonstration: Go With the Flow
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Copyright