At the conclusion of our Online 7823 Creative Sketchbooks course, students who have satisfied all the syllabus requirements are awarded a certificate by the awarding body, City & Guilds of London. We would like to offer our congratulations too!
Pauline's final assessment piece was this free-standing zigzag book inspired by the industrial architecture of a woollen mill.
Right: the open form of an air vent was the source for some inspired cutting and folding.
Left: A general view of the sketchbook.
Right: The front of the book which features the delicate cow parsley plants which are common in the landscape around the building.
Right and far right: Painting and collage.
Left and far left:
Pages from the book showing painting and collage techniques.
Left and right: Further pages from the assessment book.
Far right: Exciting leaf shapes are cut out to create a layering of shaped pages.
Left: Exploring line with pen drawing.
Right: Cutting and folding of a sketchbook page.
Left and below left: The bird of paradise flower was the subject of these studies.
Left: Collage of geometric shapes using an assortment of handmade and coloured papers.
Right: Observing and recording the colours from a a bird's plumage.
Right: Experiments with letter forms and printing.
Far right: One of Pauline's compositions with collage in magazine papers.
Left: Adding dimension to a sketchbook page with cutting.
Right: An attractive hand made paper forms an interesting background to further experiments with soft pastels.
