ART SKETCHBOOK IDEAS: CREATIVE EXAMPLES TO INSPIRE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
This article provides tips and guidance to help you produce an outstanding high school sketchbook. It contains an online collection of sketchbook pages from different qualifications from around the world, including IGCSE / GCSE Art, A Level Art, VCE Studio Arts, NCEA Level 3 Scholarship and IB Visual Art. Many of the sketchbook pages shown below are from projects that achieved full marks. These examples illustrate a wide range of possible approaches to sketchbook content, annotation, and page layout. We hope to inspire those studying within any visual art discipline, including drawing, painting, mixed media, graphic design, sculpture, three-dimensional design, architecture, printmaking, photography, textiles, and fashion.
This text is adapted from our upcoming book: High School Sketchbooks: 100+ Outstanding Examples © Student Art Guide 2018, soon available in eBook and hardcopy format. This book has large, clear images of sketchbook pages, making annotation and fine details legible, in a way that isn’t possible on this website. The book includes some of the images below and many more. Image copyright belongs to the student and/or artists, as specified. To share this article, please link to www.studentartguide.com/articles/art-sketchbook-ideas or use the social media buttons on this page. Copying, uploading or distributing this material in any other way is not permitted.
Contents
- What is a high school art sketchbook?
- Sketchbook format
- What should a sketchbook contain?
- How to annotate a sketchbook
- Sketchbook presentation tips
- Examples of great sketchbooks
