First thing I noticed, I don't have a single watercolor sketchbook that it's not landscape. I actually liked a lot how the layouts look on portrait sketchbooks, so I would like to try them next time I buy an sketchbook.

It felt so satisfying to have a mini version of my sketchbook!

I wanted to participate this month on a doodle challenge, but had no idea how to put them on my sketchbook, and I wasn't planning to use one page per each... so this class was exactly the help I needed. The theme was 80's, so we can catch a glimpse of different objects, programs and even games from that era. I added some comments under each doodle, usually about my own experiences from that era.

I noticed that most of my layouts were symmetrical, I struggled a bit with coming up with nice layouts ideas with landscape dimensions. If I could change something, it would probably be the lettering. I wanted to give it a "field notes" vibe, not too polished and neat. Only lettering I planned and sketched with pencil first was the title of the challenge, the comments under each prompt were made straight with pen, using an all capitals style. Maybe adding few key words like "games" "fashion" "tv" spread here and there would have helped break the symmetry.

 

Thank you Asya :)