This project took a little while to complete because we created our books from the outside in! Students got to pick their sketchbook covers and they learned how to assemble a book. We used rafia for the binding, and a great thing about these books is that we can take them apart and add more pages as we need them.
The books have a "hinge" so they fold back and lay flat, which was great for practicing portraits, value scales, and eyes in our books. There are tons of instructions for books online, so if you're interested in making your own, it's easy to find a quick online tutorial for them.
One day when we had a crazy picture day schedule, we folded envelopes to glue inside their books. I plan to use these for sub days too, so they can work on them throughout the year.
They look so good in our display case!
Many of their sketchbook drawings were unfinished and they will have a chance to work on those later in the semester. We did several days of faces, taking notes on the proportions and doing detailed drawings of eyes.
