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I used 3 sketchbooks in all for this body of work.

The main sketchbook is an A4 Concertina sketchbook that I find very convenient to use for location sketching. In order to incorporate other sketches, make it extensible and easier to work with in the studio, once it was full on location I took it all apart:

I separated all the glued double spreads and made these into image specific A4 booklets that I then worked into with gouache, water media etc together with the photos and then recompiled these pages as sort of 'comics' with front covers and distinctive colours. This made it much easier for me to relax, take risks and have fun.

I cut through the hard case to make it into a sort of Box File to make it easier to take the comics in and out.

There are also the two hard end covers to the concertina that can be attached outside the box part to make further pockets for other sketches, the gelliplate doodles etc. In the meantime these provide ideal drawing board for cheap A4 sketchbooks for drawing from video etc.

Once I have finished it all I will bind everything together with some sort of string or clasp to tie it shut. And put attractive covers on all the black bits selected from my prints and sketches.

This is an approach to concertina sketchbooks that will be useful also for many other projects.

Alongside this Concertina, I used:

pages from cheap A4 soft sketchbooks that I added to it

a small square ring bound sketchbook for people, these pages also fit into the reconstituted concertina

pages of a large A2 mixed media ringed bound pad that I am using for SYP for larger gestural drawings

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People and Place Inspiration: Padlet of Research Projects

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People and Place Inspiration: Padlet of Research Projects

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3.0-3.1 Observation: Shingle Street South

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3.0-3.1 Observation: Shingle Street South