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sketchbook Definition

sketch·book (skec̸hbo̵ok′)

noun

  1. a book of drawing paper for making sketches
  2. a book of literary sketches

sketchbook Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • fill: For example, a Victorian patron might donate to his local museum or gallery sketchbooks filled on his holidays at seaside resorts.
  • keep: Candidates must keep a sketchbook through which the evolution of their ideas will be evident.
  • include: This fascinating exhibition can be seen as part of a visit to Buckler's Hard and includes the artists sketchbook 's.
  • use: Students are encouraged to use a sketchbook to develop ideas and research issues relating to projects.
  • carry: But I carry a sketchbook around with me and do a lot of studies from life.
  • have: Chris Bagot of Softroom ' I don't really have a sketchbook.

Noun used with modifier

  • orange: I bought this little orange sketchbook in Amsterdam last autumn.

Adjective modifier

  • small: Between us, Danny and I probably drew enough for a small sketchbook during the time he was here.
  • own: My own sketchbooks provide the underpinning elements of what printed work is to be included in my collections.
  • old: And when I look back at my old sketchbooks, I realize I suck at it slightly less.
  • A4: In addition to at least one A4 sketchbook, applicants from overseas may submit not less than fifteen 35mm transparencies of their portfolio work.
  • little: I bought this little orange sketchbook in Amsterdam last autumn.
  • new: Lavender Sketchbook My new sketchbook has a cover picture of lavender flowers.

Modifies a noun

  • drawing: Recent work is abstract and geometric but the ideas for the paintings start off from sketchbook drawings.
  • page: If the sketchbook page had been wider I would probably have continued to the end of the row.
  • section: Plus, a 2-page story by Loeb and Tim Sale and a new cover and sketchbook section by McGuinness.
  • work: This had a positive effect on their approach to sketchbook work; the pupils ' worked at a higher standard than previously.
  • material: Beautiful in itself, the embroiderer's sketchbook material can also provide inspiration for more developed work.
  • study: She has made sketchbook studies across a wide range of themes, including Oscar Wilde's ' Ballad of Reading Jail ' .

Preposition: in

  • hand: By the end of the first year he had traveled throughout Italy, sketchbook in hand.

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