Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook
A course by Claudio PatanèArchitect and Teacher
A course by Claudio Patanè, Architect and Teacher
Learn to create, arrange, and bind an artistic journal to depict your daily travels through words, drawings, and objects
Each day is a new journey in which any number of things can happen. We go places, meet people, and have a variety of experiences ranging from unremarkable to extraordinary. Architect and teacher Claudio Patanè collects it all in something he calls a "custodiary," a travel sketchbook where he illustrates and recounts these daily happenings in order to cherish them forever.
In this online course, learn to create your own artistic travel journal alongside Claudio, starting with some watercolor drawings followed by words and descriptions and, finally, mementos and objects related to a particular moment. Then see how to assemble all your material and how to bind your book to compose a unique and personal travel journal. With Claudio as your guide, discover the hidden wonders scattered throughout your day-to-day, then illustrate them, narrate them, and treasure them.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 17 downloads
Uncomfortable-Drawing Exercise
14 minutes, 37 seconds
Timed Drawing Exercise
10 minutes, 15 seconds
Gesture-Drawing Exercise
18 minutes, 56 seconds
The Handwritten Script
12 minutes, 45 seconds
Improvised Drawing: The Twig
20 minutes, 20 seconds
Improvised Drawing: The Postcard
20 minutes, 56 seconds
What's included in this course?
Meet your teacher for the course, Claudio Patanè, an architect and teacher living and working in Sicily. Discover the influences that inspire him to make his custodiaries, or travel sketchbooks, where he chronicles his daily life.
Then take a look at all the necessary materials and tools and do a series of exercises to help you overcome your fear of the blank page, using just pencils and card stock.
Claudio also teaches you some writing techniques to enrich your sketchbook with words, phrases, or descriptions.
Now it's time to create the pages of your artistic journal: start with some landscape drawings, complement your images with writing, and assemble the completed pages into your travel sketchbook.
Next up, learn how to include objects within the journal, modifying it to turn it into a kind of sculpture. To bring the course to a close, work on the cover, exploring how to bind the pages, and see how to make a bookmark.
Claudio shares some final tips for photographing your work and presenting your illustrated journal on social media or at exhibitions.
What is this course's project?
Make your own custodiary, a travel sketchbook containing drawings, words, and objects from your daily life.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone wanting to learn how to create a journal of their daily travels throughout life.
Requirements and materials
No previous knowledge is required for this course.
As for materials, you need pencils, paper, watercolors, brushes, card stock, string, and other materials that your teacher lists during the course.
Reviews
- lusaraPLUS2 months ago
interessante e ben presentato. Mi è piaciuto molto e l'ho trovato di grande ispirazione
- 11 months ago
I didn't find this course particularly engaging. Drawing from a twig or from a postcard in a random manner and calling it 'imagination' or 'fantastical' is a stretch and quite boring. The taught techniques were not useful at all and I will not be including any of them in my practice.
- 1 year ago
J ai beaucoup aimé ce cours et l idée de fabriquer son carnet avec ses objets trouvés qui témoignent de nos souvenirs ou d un voyage. on peut choisir ce qui le compose. Souvent quand on achète un carnet on a peur de rater ses illustrations.
- 1 year ago
calming
- 1 year ago
bellissimo, sono contentissima di aver trovato questo corso, grazie 1000!
He currently holds workshops and classes as well as produces pieces for publications, editorial series, private commissions, wine labels, and more. He also collaborates as a journalistic writer for Suq. Unconventional Sicily.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
Overcoming the Blank Page Syndrome
- Tools and Materials
- Blind-Drawing Exercise
- Uncomfortable-Drawing Exercise
- Timed Drawing Exercise
- Gesture-Drawing Exercise
- The Handwritten Script
- U3
Creation of the Custodiario
- Improvised Drawing: The Twig
- Improvised Drawing: The Postcard
- The Writing
- U4
Assembly of the Custodiario
- The Objects and Cover
- The Self-Portrait
- Assembly and Binding
- Showcasing Your Custodiary
- FP
Final project
- Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook
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FAQs
An artistic keepsake journal is a creative diary that combines drawings, watercolors, writing, and objects to personally and visually document travels, emotions, and memories.
The course is intermediate level, perfect for those with some basic drawing and watercolor experience who want to explore mixed and creative techniques more deeply.
You'll need A5 paper, soft 4B pencils, watercolors, a water brush, binding tools like twine and a hole punch, collected objects, and various materials to experiment with mixed techniques.
You'll learn how to create a personalized artistic keepsake journal, incorporate tactile elements, overcome creative blocks, depict landscapes, use creative writing techniques, and document personal experiences.
No advanced skills are required, but a basic knowledge of drawing and watercolor is recommended to get the most out of the activities.
The course covers freehand drawing, watercolor, blind contour drawing, urban sketching, panoramic drawing, gestural drawing, and creative writing techniques.
You'll learn how to combine marks, words, and symbols through creative writing, enriching the visual and personal storytelling of your journal pages.