Early Observations as an Art Student – Through the Sketchbook

Early sketchbooks done as an art student in Quebec show another side of the established artist.

Observations by Lemieux on location, composition, and his use of various media; how he simplifies line and shapes, and his color choices for everyday scenes, i.e. at the beach, countryside, city streets, and family gatherings, etc. The sketches could be a history, and record, of a time, place, and family.

Lemieux was best known for large paintings of lone figures in their environment.

Conté crayon, watercolour, graphite, colored pencil, and/or black ink, felt pen on wove paper.

Artist: Jean Paul Lemieux.

What has the sketchbook been in the past and what can it be today? Together this website demonstrates how sketchbooks cross disciplines, skills, cultures, gender, and class etc., to gain a better understanding.

The sketchbooks appear here not necessarily for the 'name' of the artist, but for the different thinking and seeing through the sketchbook.