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?