通过这本实用且鼓舞人心的混合媒体指南，刺绣工和纺织艺术家们可以充分利用他们的速写本。

Shelley Rhodes使用纸张、织物、发现的物品、铅笔、墨水和涂料的组合，演示了素描本如何充当纺织艺术家们的插图日记，并作为扩展其创作过程的起点。她探讨了创建书写本的重要性和乐趣；记录和调查鼓舞人心的想法的途径；混合媒体技术，包括分层和三维速写；到外景地；以及使用电子设备开发项目。《素描本探索》是初学者和经验丰富且在寻找激动人心的技巧的艺术家们理想伴侣。

A practical and inspirational guide to help embroiderers and textile artists make the most of sketchbooks to inform their creative work. The artist's sketchbook offers an exciting platform to explore a host of mixed media techniques. Using a combination of paper, textiles, found objects, pencil, ink and paint, Shelley Rhodes shows how a sketchbook can act as an illustrated diary, a visual catalogue of a journey or experience or as a starting point for more developed work. Whether out on location or in the studio, Rhodes explores every stage of the creative process, from initial inspiration to overcoming the fear of a blank page, manipulating paper and images and incorporating `found' objects to build a sketchbook that is both beautiful and inspiring. Sketchbook Explorations is the ideal companion for everyone from the beginner to the more experienced artist looking for exciting techniques to expand their repertoire in mixed media. The book explores: Why work in sketchbooks? The importance and joy of working in a sketchbook. Ways of recording and investigating ideas that inspire. Techniques in mixed media from found objects and layers to three-dimensional sketching. Creating on location. Using electronic devices to develop ideas.