{"id":8048,"date":"2026-05-22T14:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=8048"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:06:21","slug":"on-the-importance-of-keeping-a-sketchbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=8048","title":{"rendered":"On the Importance of keeping a Sketchbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By happenstance, I recently completed two sketchbooks that I’d been working in simultaneously: my larger daily sketchbook and a smaller, more portable notebook-sized Moleskine. I’ve occasionally posted bits of my sketchbooks here in the past, and I’m doing so again now–although, I’ve done full video flip-throughs this time.  Also, I thought this would be a good occasion to write down a few points about sketchbooks that I used to discuss with my students at CCAD about the importance of keeping a sketchbook and what the point of it is. <\/p>\n

If you want to skip the latter and just have a look at the sketchbooks, you can go there directly<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Otherwise…<\/p>\n

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On Sketchbooks<\/h1>\n

I used to give a more formalized talk to my CCAD students about sketchbooks–along with a slide deck, etc. But here, I’ll just throw out a list of general thoughts about sketchbooks as someone who’s kept one pretty much since I was a child.<\/p>\n