Sketchy Journal

While I do use traditional pen and sketchbook, I also use different types of journaling pages as a way of documenting a time/place or as a way of working through a problem. The pages take many different forms--collaged with scraps, pen or pencil, watercolor, digital with photographs-- but most are done quickly and are not meant to be seen as finished work. Some pages have been used as preliminary work for a finished piece, some are a way of giving an image to a favorite quote, some are just mindless scribbling, some are ripped up and burned, and some are posted here in case you are curious:

Scraps: These are quickly done with random scraps of paper that are littering my workspace. I do these when I'm working though a particular problem or have some abstract idea in my head that wants a home. It seems to help if I can visualize just where it is that I am stuck.

Digital Thinking: These pdf files are random bits of visual metaphors, some inspired by quotes, some just for fun.  

Alaska Sketches: These are some older more traditionally done sketchbook pages from Unalakleet