Hi everyone! Hope you had a great Christmas and a happy New Year. Anyway, I know it's been quite a while since my last post so I thought I'd show you another little sketchbook of mine. This one I like to call 'Emma's book of inspirational quotes' and does, quite simply, what it says on the tin. I use this little book to experiment with backgrounds and try out different techniques.
Firstly I have to mention this adorable personalized stamp that my friend designed for a birthday present one year. I love it and I stamp it on every sketchbook I own so you might see it crop up a few times.
Brown paper bags are great for crumpling up and creating textured backgrounds. Also it gives a bit of bulk to the sketchbook and let me tell you, there is nothing more satisfying that a full, chunky book!
So as you see I've used a lot of cut out body parts - not in a sadistic way ;) - from magazines to paint around and over them. This technique gives a centre of focus to the page.
So there you have it. A flip through another of my books that I'm sure will continue to grow over the year. One of my New Year's resolutions is to put posts up more often so fingers crossed I stick to it...
Emma x
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