Monthly Archives: July 2019

antique, Art, Links, Other People's Notebooks, record-keeping, Scientific, Sketchbook, Writing Notebooks

August F. Foerste’s Field Notebook

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A gorgeous example of a natural historian’s field notes. This belonged to August F. Foerste, an American geologist and paleontologist. From the original article at the Field Book Project website: Field notes are well known to be essential, primary material that provide details about collections and expeditions that aren’t found in published material or specimen … Continue reading August F. Foerste’s Field Notebook →

Art, creativity, Links, Other People's Notebooks, Sketchbook

Sketching Sculpture

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…or perhaps this post’s title should be “Sketching Skulpture,” because my inspiration comes from a blog post at Sketchbook Skool. The sketch below by Jonathan Twingley really caught my eye– such a cool mix of color, texture and light and dark shading with fine cross-hatching. It was done on location at MoMA, as part of … Continue reading Sketching Sculpture →