You've received your sketchbook! Woohoo! Welcome to the World's Largest Collection of Sketchbooks and a global community of artists from over 130 countries! We are so excited for your participation. Here are some FAQ’s with tips and tricks to help make this a fun and easy process from beginning to end!
Read MoreSketchbooks are a way for artists to capture moments in time. Many of the ones on the Library shelves document travels, people and places artists pass by in their daily life, subjects quickly doodled in mid-action. Images are static, two-dimensional things. Yet, we can use them to portray the beauty of experiences that could be gone in an instant. Each of the following artists take their own approach to capturing movement, experimenting with materials and gestures from the abstract to the literal, with every jump, kick, brushstroke, and swipe of a pen in between.
Read MoreEvery Friday, we take to Instagram to showcase some (of the many!) amazing sketchbooks our visitors check out in the Library. Because of present circumstances, what better way to keep the traditional alive than by sharing a few favorites from our Digital Library? We hope that, no matter where you are or how you like to express yourself creatively, you can turn to these books for inspiration, comfort, and motivation to take on a new art project!
Read MoreWe’re excited to announce that The Sketchbook Project & Brooklyn Art Library are becoming a nonprofit organization! Read on for a letter from our Founder, Steven Peterman, as he reflects on the past 14 years and shares the exciting things to come!
Read MoreThis is the most common art fear we hear. On a daily basis we hear people who want to participate in The Sketchbook Project or make art, but they say, “I’m not an artist.” As people that went to ‘art school’ we are not sure what this means.
Read MoreThis is the most common art fear we hear. On a daily basis we hear people who want to participate in The Sketchbook Project or make art, but they say, “I’m not an artist.” As people that went to ‘art school’ we are not sure what this means.
Read MoreAs we toured around with the Tiny Sketchbooks to London and Paris this summer, we were super excited to find artists that created “companion books.” Tiny Sketchbooks that the artists created to match their Vol. 14 Sketchbooks!
Read MoreWe got to chat with the woman behind the bullet journaling Instagram @PlansThatBlossom about her artistic process, her experience with The Sketchbook Project, and what to do when you hit an artist block.
Read MoreThank you to everyone who participated in our “Portraits of Neighbors” free prompt challenge!
Read MoreA special Artist Spotlight on Linda Serrone Rolon and Brooke Williams, talking about their artistic practice, motherhood, and time management.
Read MoreArt Fears are the little things you may say to yourself that stop you from creating or showing your art to others, and we’re here to debunk them all!
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