Entry to sketchbook which is really a 'book'

Jo left this book on my desk at school. It turns out this is the 4th sketchbook from our rotation. Inside are some entries from other sketchers, where they have drawn directly over pages of the book. It feels a bit strange to draw into this one, as I feel like I am destroying the book rather than making art. I decided to start on the front cover by adding a little cutout character from a kids computer game. He looks like he is off to start mining and I have decided his name is Jo.

I chose to alter the pages with paintings from Moyan Age which depicts saints being burned, tutored and martyred. Using a ticket from the school prom, I selected an area to cover in the painting on this page. The other page - I woove paper strips from an image of nuns I found in an old magazine. If you look closely, you may see a young lady diving of a diving board. A leap of faith if you will.

This sketchbook is a book

This sketchbook is an actual book! It is written in French and the cover features one of the illustrations from the famous 15th century book of hours by the Limbourg Brothers, "Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry" - one of France's most important art treasures and an example of the "International Gothic" style.

Inside the book there are loads of examples of art from the medieval period. Inspired by the Gothic theme I made two illustrations with a nod to the Limbourg brothers. 

This page features examples of Gothic architecture, so I painted and collaged a picture featuring Aberdeen's most famous piece of Gothic architecture - Marschial College.

The next illustration I made is a painting freaturing one of Scotland's greatest medieval treasures ... the Monymusk Reliquary - a tiny box said to have contained remains of Saint Columbus and carried into battle by the Scottish army for "saintly assistance". 

Jo's entry in Analogue iPhone book

Here is my entry into the "Analogue iPhone" book. I recorded some events and added some emoji's.

Some of the events included:

A student gave me some coconut brigadeiros (Brazillian candy) so I drew them and looked up the recipe. And then ate them. Delicious.

And most exciting of all, our kindergarten classes had some chicken eggs which they hatched in an incubator in the classroom (we had a live video link to check their progress!) so I photographed the little chicks.

Entry into sketchbook based on Written Word

This entry is based on the book 'Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch' by Henry Miller. This book was written about the life he made for himself and his family in the 1940's on the pacific coastline of the Big Sur and was paradise for him. With reference to Bosch paintings symbolising the delights of paradise, the collage created here is a mix of both the painting and images of this wild and beautiful coastline. A place I would truly love to visit, although I fear this area has changed greatly since Henry Miller's time. I have no idea what the little character with the funnel hat represents in the Bosch painting, but the envelope impaled on the end of the beak is a curious item. Why?

WUNDERBAR!

Here is my entry in Ellie's book. Her theme is "Inspiration taken from the written word".

I was reading the newspaper when I saw an advert for a washing machine that really took my interest... The advert had the word "wunderbar" (german for "wonderful") in big bold red text, so I cut it out and thought about it for a while. The word kind of reminded me of Martin Kippenberger's work especially the big painting with "Sehr Gut" emblazoned across it.

I had made a sculpture out of Artstraws at school that I thought was definitely wunderbar and I decided to add a painting of it to my composition as it was quite reminiscent of some of the lines that Kippenberger used. Then I remembered that when I visited MACBA last summer that I has seen some of his drawings on hotel notepaper ... luckily, I had liberated a notepad from a hotel in Nice last Novemeber when I was there for the ECIS conference (ECIS conference = also wunderbar). So I added that to my composition.

Nicolina's entry into Jo's Black and Gold Book

I used a collage technique for this entry as I was at home with no gold paints, pens, or even crayons. I had to be quite creative with some old magazines and was delighted to come across an image from the movie 'Goldfinger'. I thought this fitted perfectly with the theme. The use of the oil barrels is a reference to the black gold in this city - Aberdeen - the oil capital of Europe. I am just not so sure if I am proud of this title for this city. 

I would love to see some other entries from our group. Where are all the beautiful sketchbooks entries????Anyone???

Black and Gold entry - James Bond lady balance act

Jo's book reads backwards

Jo's "Black & Gold" themed book

Hi ECISketchers Group1! This year I decided on the theme of "Black & Gold" for my book, so interpret that as you see fit. The idea for my theme and the subsequent entry was inspired by a postcard of a piece of Egyptian art. The book has black concertinaed pages and is covered in gold sign-writing vinyl. I love mark-making and layering so I messed around with various black and gold materials that had different textures and surfaces.