Art Deco Sketchbook Studies

 

Art Deco or otherwise known as Le Style 25 started with the luxuriant French school of design that got a lot of attention during the 1925 Paris World's Fair. Today, many of us love Art Deco in its fluidity of curvy designs that have been used to decorate our homes, objects d'art, and architecture.

Art Deco: Le Depart Pour Le Casino 1923

9"x12" Sketchbook Drawing with Ciao Markers

A sketchbook is my FREEDOM space for studies and ideas not intended to be finished art but a playground without judgment and the learning process is better if I draw my thoughts and ideas out.

Links to more sketchbook drawings:

http://www.artgirlgallery.com/2022/03/diversify-drawing-tools.html

http://www.artgirlgallery.com/2021/02/drawing-agony-boredom.html

http://www.artgirlgallery.com/2021/02/pencil-drawing-inside-out.html

Sketchbooks are for anyone and can be used for thinking, and relaxing. Everyone like a fingerprint has a unique expression for the brain to transfer down the arm to create a visual dance of marks, a personal language.

 Art Deco: 1930 Henry Poor Ceramic Plate

Sketchbook 9"x12" with Ciao Markers

Art Deco: Source Book: A Visual Reference to a Decorative Style 1920-40 by Patricia Bayer

My guy, Jim loves to cruise USED BOOK stores. He came across this book and bought it for me; 'A Visual Reference to a Decorative Style 1920-40 by Patricia Bayer'.  I love the Art Deco designs in this book which has excellent photographs and is an interesting read. 

The winter is when I like to do the bulk of my learning and creative work so got into the book with my sketchbook and did a few studies of the style of Art Deco. 

Art Deco: 1930 Tropical Nude Vase

Sketchbook 9"x12" Black & White Uni Pens & Ciao Markers

Art Deco is one of my favorite eras of design that uses the nude motif. Gloriously the Art Deco NUDE is displayed on common objects like pots and lamps, offered to those who are not afraid of the beautiful human shape. Looking back where my passion for the nude in art and design is definitely influenced by growing up in Europe.

Art Deco: 1925 Faience Vase

Sketchbook 9"x12" Black & White Uni-Ball Pens & Ciao Markers & Pencil Crayon

Art Deco 1913 Nijinsky in L'Apres Midi d'un Faune

Sketchbook 9"x12" Black & White Uni-Ball Pens & Ciao Markers

Art Deco: 1925 Paris Exposition by Robert Bonfils

Sketchbook 9"x12" Black & White & Red Uni-Ball Pens

Art Deco: Pewter Etching

Sketchbook 9"x12" Black & White Uni-Ball Pens & Ciao Markers

Copying art is a long-time learning process to see how the originator might have expressed their art. Drawing art deco sketches is downloading ideas and methods for creating influences in the future of my own art making.

Go get a sketchbook, study something, and plunge into the deeper mind of seeing, promise you something will be revealed in a profound way.

SKETCHBOOK INSPIRED, Minaz