ARTISTS SKETCHBOOK: INSIDE THE CREATIVE MIND (V&A) (HB)

An inspirational sketchbook that explores the sketching processes and techniques of artists from the 16th century to the present day. Selected by curators from the extensive sketchbook collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and organized chronologically by artist, it introduces around eighty profiles from different eras and movements, including John Constable, Beatrix Potter, Paul Nash, and Julie Verhoeven. Each profile includes a short text on the artist and their use of the sketchbook and with rich, detailed photography, the sketchbooks are shown to be very much works of art in themselves, with open-book shots and selected covers reproduced as well as single pages.