Sketchbook STRATEGY
Rose Dufton
ARTIST AND PRINT DESIGNER
“I use my sketchbooks for a few different reasons, and I have several on the go at once. My favourite would have to be Moleskine’s watercolour sketchbooks, they come in varied sizes and are landscape in format. I have also just bought some Royal Talens’ Art Creation ones, which I am enjoying working in for a change as they are portrait format. I mainly use watercolour paints, as well as brush pens and gouache.
“I sometimes use sketchbooks to make thumbnail sketches for larger paintings. However, the main use would be to experiment in. I like to see them as mini journals of ideas, rather than curated places with pretty pages. Don’t be scared by a sketchbook. Try not to keep them precious and perfect as
