Last post, I mentioned that while in Adelaide, Jay Dee and I each bought ourselves a very cute 'weekly scheduler' book from the Pepe's Paperie store on Rundle St. The idea was that we would use it for focusing ourselves on doing some sort of weekly/daily sketching, and henceforth the Weekly Sketchbook project was born.
Truth be told, in the rush of daily life and the constant shortage of time, it's much too easy to neglect or sacrifice leisurely drawing (and lots of other creative pursuits), so it's really satisfying to have a project like this to encourage us to deliberately make time for it - the Weekly Sketchbook is an incentive to draw small, and draw often. And it's helpful having a friend you're accountable to, and with whom you can share the results. And we'll get to dream up sketching 'themes' and 'challenges' for each other, to keep things interesting...
Now in its 5th week, these are my first five efforts:
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WEEK 1 - In Adelaide
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WEEK 2 - Back home again (and doing a 'Paper Mechanics' course)
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WEEK 3 - Sketching at Doug up on Bourke
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WEEK 4 - Exploring an idea for a zine I'm currently working on
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WEEK 5 - A slight fascination with old keys + found papers
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In case you were wondering, our Weekly Sketchbooks are from the range of delicious stationery items from O-check Design Graphics (from Korea). Incredibly beautiful and desirable (you've been warned)..!
A close-up of the text + image on the cover:
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P.S. Jay Dee, your 'week 6' challenge is to create and use a set of hand-carved rubber stamps.
Fabulous. These pages look absolutely amazing. What a grand idea. Love. Love. Love.
Posted by: katiecrackernuts | April 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Your talent constantly inspires me. I have recently started to "sketch" again myself but your creativity is just a breath of fresh air to my palette. Love your work xo
Posted by: lynelle wright | April 13, 2009 at 07:48 PM
What a great idea. I saw these planners on the NoteMaker website and had the instant "I want one" reaction, followed by the "I don't need another planner, what would I do with it?" reaction. But using it as a semi-structured place for weekly drawings really appeals. Might try it myself.
Posted by: Thomasina | April 23, 2009 at 10:25 AM
week 4 is brilliant - i think i might have to steal this idea somewhere down the track.
adrian
Posted by: adrian | April 28, 2009 at 07:50 PM
This looks like such a fantastic project. The work so far is beautiful!
Posted by: Shell | April 29, 2009 at 04:46 PM
These are beautiful!
Just wanted to say I bought some of your gorgeous red robot stickers yesterday and am still admiring them. (I also asked for your card!) Such lovely work. I will blog about them tomorrow (I hope) - thanks again.
Posted by: Kate | May 25, 2009 at 11:47 AM
THESE ARE FANTASTIC! I'm so jealous :)
Super to see you at the zine fair too! Posted all about your amazingness at www.forthevisionaries.tumblr.com.
Sigh, So many things I want to do & so little time...
:)
Anthea.
Posted by: theaxx | May 25, 2009 at 05:14 PM
hello! this project is very nice!!! i have a same diary but never thought of this way!!!
Posted by: riyo | May 28, 2009 at 05:20 PM
the journal idea is beautiful! Makes me feel all inspired & busting to dust off my pencils again!
Posted by: Sarah | June 18, 2009 at 11:08 AM