Still Sketching

Still Sketching

The Missing Sketchbooks

The joy of looking into others' sketchbooks, Midsummer reads and a 1970's tv treat

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Deborah Vass
Jun 26, 2025
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You would think that over the months that I have been looking at the work of neglected women artists, the penny would have dropped earlier, but it didn’t. Just as I relish reading the letters and diaries of writers, as we gain an insight into their unguarded moments, I love peering into the sketchbooks of artists, not just the edited, selected images, …

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