You Asked: Do You Need a Sketchbook?
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Sketchbooks are great because you’re not confined to just drawing. You can use it as a place to explore different mediums, study different techniques, create color palettes, design patterns, and keep a collection of visuals that inspire you. Using a variety of mediums in a sketchbook also helps grow creativity.

Why do we need sketchbook?

Keeping a sketchbook helps your ideas grow and helps you develop new ones. It allows us to make random connections and juxtapose ideas. Tear images from magazines, then draw over them. Rip out half an image and extend it into something else.

What can you do with an empty sketchbook?

If you have run out of ideas of what to do on those blank pages, here are 20 great ways to use your sketchbook.

  1. Doodle mindlessly. …
  2. Play with color. …
  3. Draw what you are NOT good at. …
  4. Look around you and draw the things you see in front of you right now.
  5. Scribble and then go back and color wherever your lines overlap.
Marcus Vance

Marcus Vance

Cybersecurity & Digital Privacy Researcher

Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.

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