Let me show you some ideas to break free of the precious sketchbook trap and to use your sketchbook to nourish your art practice instead.

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Master composition skills with collage    • Master composition skills with collage  
Surprising results: my favourite exercise for painting exploration    • Surprising results: my favourite exer...  
Studio Cleanup: Restocking and Reorganising Art Supplies    • Studio Cleanup: Restocking and Reorga...  
Art supplies to refresh my sketchbook practice    • Art supplies to refresh my sketchbook...  

Products mentioned:

Location sketches
business card holder https://amzn.to/3QNzx9V
palette pans https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275192219584
palette paper https://www.jacksonsart.com/winsorne...
waterbrush https://amzn.to/3sdqfd7
Goldfaber pencil https://www.jacksonsart.com/fabercas...
moleskine mini sketchbook https://amzn.to/3E0Dq3F
Quinacridone Deep Gold https://www.jacksonsart.com/danielsm...
Indian Red https://www.jacksonsart.com/schmincke...
Ultramarine https://www.cassart.co.uk/cassartar...
Hookers Green https://www.jacksonsart.com/schmincke...
Naphtamide Maroon https://www.jacksonsart.com/danielsm...
Buff Titanium https://www.jacksonsart.com/danielsm...

Collage compositions
Seawhite Cloth Bound Sketchbook https://www.jacksonsart.com/seawhite...

Write more notes
Recycled Sketchbook https://www.jacksonsart.com/seawhite...

Exploring techniques
Arteza Watercolour Sketchbook https://amzn.to/3Xcrl4q
Colour shaper https://www.jacksonsart.com/coloursh...
Art Creation Sketchbook https://www.jacksonsart.com/royaltal...

Loose sheets
FW Artists’ Ink White https://www.jacksonsart.com/dalerrow...
FW Artists’ Ink Payne’s Grey https://www.jacksonsart.com/dalerrow...
Amsterdam Acrylic Ink Warm Grey https://amzn.to/3AwKHGK
System 3 Ink Burnt Sienna https://www.jacksonsart.com/dalerrow...
Princeton Catalyst Mini Painting Tool No. 1 https://www.jacksonsart.com/princeton...
Artmaster round brush size 16 https://artdiscount.co.uk/products/ar...
Caran d’Ache Neocolor II watercolour crayons in flesh, light blue, yellow, moss green
https://www.jacksonsart.com/carandac...

Photo scrapbook
Seawhite Cloth Bound Sketchbook https://www.jacksonsart.com/seawhite...

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Music by Indie Anthony Alter https://thmatc.co/?l=60EE6215
Music by Blue Sirens Flowers https://thmatc.co/?l=68FFAB9F
Music by BodiSaffa Music Saki https://thmatc.co/?l=9004EB3F
Music by C4C Longtemps https://thmatc.co/?l=3FBE2C59

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Ideas
03:37 Location sketches
06:37 Collage compositions
08:58 Write more notes
11:59 Exploring techniques
16:25 Loose sheets
22:42 Photo scrapbook