Sketchbooks, why use them?

  • What should sketchbooks contain?
  • Handwritten notes
  • Small drawings, these are called studies 
  • Experiments, investigations
    • Ideas
    • Materials
    • Paint
    • Mixing different colours
    • Look at different artists
    • Size of brushes, pencils, paper
    • Visual elements of art
    • Photographs, drawings, paintings or design
    • Subject specific vocabulary
    • Personal response, what do I think?
    • Questions
Year 4, investigating colour and brush strokes