Explore the creative process with iconic and emerging illustrators through selections from their sketchbooks.

This inspiring collection is an ode to the power and possibilities of the sketchbook. It features the journal pages of sixty artists from around the world and across history, including nostalgic favorites like Jean de Brunhoff, Tove Jansson, and Beatrix Potter and contemporary icons like Beatrice Alemagna, Oliver Jeffers, and Shaun Tan.

Curator Martin Salisbury draws on decades of experience as an illustrator and educator to shed light on the lives and work of each artist. A treasury of rough sketches, note-filled margins, collaged pages, color explorations, and thumbnail drawings reveals the importance of the journal in the artmaking process. Some sketchbooks are works of art in themselves, while others showcase playful ideas and happy accidents. This beautifully designed anthology offers readers a glimpse into the raw imagination at the heart of stories and characters treasured across generations.

INTERNATIONAL ROSTER OF ARTISTS: This collection includes the sketchbooks of a diverse range of illustrators hailing from the United States, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, China, Japan, and South Korea. In addition to the engaging work of newer illustrators like Takako Aoki and Victoria Tentler-Krylov, the book features famous artists like Hergé, Edward Gorey, and Tomi Ungerer and the sketches behind their iconic characters and stories.

RARELY-SEEN ART: Featuring private sketchbook pages, this book offers a fascinating look into the minds of illustrators and their boundless imaginations.

INSPIRING GIFT BOOK: This beautiful hardcover is a perfect gift for artists, illustrators, designers, and anyone interested in creative expression. It will inspire readers to explore the techniques of world-famous artists and embrace their own brainstorming process.

Perfect for:

– Artists, illustrators, and designers
– Fans of classic and contemporary illustrators
– Collectors of illustrated children’s books
– Readers of beloved books by profiled illustrators, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Story of Babar, Moomin, The Adventures of Tintin, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Day the Crayons Quit, The Arrival, Cyclops of Central Park, and many more
– Art students and recent graduates
– Anyone looking for creative inspiration

(above & below) Sketch illustrations/drawings by the Australian artist Shaun Tan, whom I’m a big fan of. Check out all these illustration art books of his that I’ve reviewed, and particularly The Bird King, which focuses on his sketches.

A most splendid collection of illustration sketches, housed in a beautiful, sturdy hardcover format. Whether you’re a budding or professional artist/illustrator looking for inspiration or just someone like me who enjoys flipping through gorgeously drawn sketch books, this book has plenty to offer for all. Highly recommended.

“Illustrators’ Sketchbooks: Inside the Creative Processes of 60 Iconic and Emerging Artists” details :

– Dimensions – 10.8 x 1.3 x 8 inches
– Hard cover, 304 pages
– Full color

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