Sketchbook Used

I like to go for a walks with my sketchbooks and camera and return to the studio to work from the images, memories and feelings.

I like to go for a walks with my sketchbooks and camera and return to the studio to work from the images, memories and feelings.

On his daily walks he fills sketchbooks chronicling the land, the effect of passing light and the seasonal changes.

The open areas of paper and visible texture enhance the sense of light and space, while the irregular edges indicate its origin as part of a sketchbook. Coastal cliff scenes are con...

Irregular deckled edges from removal (likely from a sketchbook). Minor surface marks and natural paper texture visible.

The irregular edges and textured surface indicate it was once part of a sketchbook, adding to its authenticity and charm. Panoramic landscape studies such as this are particularly v...

The irregular edges and textured surface further support its origin as a sketchbook piece, adding to its authenticity and appeal.

Tomi Ungerer Nude Gun: a selection from Underground Sketchbook: First printing, 1965. Medium: Vintage poster.

On his daily walks he fills sketchbooks chronicling the land, the effect of passing light and the seasonal changes.

On his daily walks he fills sketchbooks chronicling the land, the effect of passing light and the seasonal changes.

The perforated edge indicates the sheet was removed from a sketchbook, reinforcing its origin as part of an academic or studio practice.

The perforated edge suggests the work originated from a sketchbook, reinforcing its nature as a direct studio or observational piece.

The figments are born in the matrix of the sketchbook, in which masses of chaotic scribbles are alchemically transmuted into articulable forms.

The irregular edges and textured surface indicate it was once part of a sketchbook, adding to its authenticity and appeal.

The irregular edges and textured paper suggest it originated from a sketchbook, enhancing its authenticity and charm. Hilltop villages and church scenes remain highly desirable subj...

The irregular edges and textured paper further support its origin as part of a sketchbook, adding to its authenticity and appeal.

Edges are irregular with small pinholes and minor wear, consistent with age and sketchbook origin. The image itself remains clear and well preserved.

During the early 1870s, before receiving formal artistic training in Paris, he journeyed through Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, filling sketchbooks with observations drawn directly fro...

Liverpool, London and San Marino (Walker Art Gallery, National Portrait Gallery and Huntington), 2002, pp.35, 193; Yvonne Romney Dixon and Alex Kidson, ‘Romney Sketchbooks in Public ...

The sheet shows light age toning, minor handling marks and a perforated sketchbook edge along the top, consistent with age and use.

This early fascination with botanical forms became a defining moment in her artistic journey. From childhood sketchbooks to large-scale oil paintings, Natalie’s work has evolved int...

Scoggins came to this style by revisiting his own childhood sketchbooks and realizing how disarmingly truthful they were in comparison to the paintings he had been making as an adult.

Travel is at the heart of the artist’s creative process: he immerses himself in the places he visits in order to paint them. With sketchbook in hand, the artist captures his immediat...

Likely originating from a sketchbook, as suggested by the perforated edge, the work carries the authenticity of an artist’s working process.

The figments are born in the matrix of the sketchbook, in which masses of chaotic scribbles are alchemically transmuted into articulable forms.

There is a perforated sketchbook edge visible along the top margin. The drawing itself remains clear, atmospheric and highly decorative.

There is a perforated sketchbook edge visible along the left margin. The painted image remains atmospheric, decorative and visually appealing.

A highly finished, unsigned charcoal drawing, dating circa 1925, from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

A highly finished, unsigned charcoal drawing, dating circa 1925, from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

A highly finished, unsigned charcoal drawing, dating circa 1925, from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

A highly finished, unsigned charcoal drawing, dating circa 1925, from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

A highly finished charcoal drawing, dating circa 1925, from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned pastel drawing from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned pastel drawing from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned pastel drawing from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

Likely originating from a sketchbook, as suggested by the perforated edge, the work carries the immediacy and authenticity of a studio study.

An unsigned, highly finished pastel drawing, dating circa 1925, from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned pastel drawing, dating circa 1973, from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned study drawing, dating circa 1973, from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned pastel drawing from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned drawing from one of the artist sketchbook portfolios. Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned drawing from one of the artist sketchbook portfolios. Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned watercolor from the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned watercolor from the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

The figure of the guard, and the profile pose with the outstretched arm—reminiscent of an ancient relief—are recurring geometric and anatomical motifs in Bernardino’s sketchbooks, us...

An unsigned drawing from one of the artist portfolio sketchbooks. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist.

An unsigned drawing from one of the artist sketchbook portfolios. Estate stamped on reverse.

An unsigned drawing from one of the artist's sketchbook portfolios; Estate stamped on reverse.

The warm monochrome palette and fluid handling give the composition an immediacy typical of period sketchbook studies. Dating from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, t...

An unsigned drawing from one of the artist's portfolio sketchbooks. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist.

An unsigned drawing from one of the artist's portfolio sketchbooks. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist.

An unsigned drawing from one of the artist's portfolio sketchbooks, dated "January 13, 1935" lower right.

While employed as a railway drafting engineer, he devoted much of his free time to recording everyday urban life through quick sketches, landscapes, and figure studies. His pocket sk...

Artist biography: Jonathan Trim was born in 1948 in Leigh on Sea Essex by the Thames Estuary, an area that has always been a vital source of inspiration. Sketchbooks from early chi...

The sheet shows light age toning, minor handling marks and a perforated sketchbook edge along the top, consistent with age and use.

There is a perforated sketchbook edge visible along the right side. The ink drawing remains strong, crisp and highly detailed.

There is a perforated sketchbook edge visible along the left margin. The drawing itself remains clear, detailed and highly decorative.

There is a perforated sketchbook edge visible along the lower margin. The drawing itself remains clear, expressive and decorative.

Matisse’s etchings and drypoints were executed on a small scale with linear fluidity, giving them a sense of immediacy and spontaneity, like pages in a sketchbook. Alternately, his l...

A passionate traveler, he has journeyed through the Amazon, Colorado, the Alps, the Pyrenees, and the forests of Norway — always sketchbook in hand. Like the Romantic painters he adm...