The Sketchbook Project is a crowd-sourced library of sketchbooks from artists around the world. The project started in 2006 online. The public would sign up and for a fee they would receive a sketchbook and after filling it with sketches send it back to add to the collection. The physical sketchbooks are on display at the Brooklyn Art Library, and digital scans are also available on their website. At the time of this writing, the artist community has grown to 70,000. Wow!
The Sketchbook Project World Tour is a 256-page paperback book that features a selection of sketchbook pages from the project.
The artworks are grouped according to different continents. There are lots of styles to check out and in some ways this book feels like a journal. There are artists who draw things that happen in their daily life, some draw from imagination, others from observations, there are some doodles, realistic drawings, line sketches and many more. It's nice to see the creativity on display. There are also several artists who are featured with short interviews.
The book could be useful as a source of inspiration and motivation.
If you like journaling art, this is the book for you. And also check out all the other sketchbooks I've reviewed so far.
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