Citysketch London is a cute light weight doodle book with nearly 100 creative prompts to inspire sketches of the city. If you are planning on going to London or just dream about it, this is a fun book to inspire your own quick sketches or doodles.
The Book offers over 90 creative prompts to help the reader with ideas. I love to use sketch books as traveling journals where I can put tickets, jot down thoughts and other fun paraphernalia that I may collect on my trips. This Citysketch London has some interesting information on different locations in London and gives the reader some some ideas for choosing a location or subject to sketch.
The prompts are easy to do like in the "Borough Market" section, the authors talk about some of varieties of foods sold in the area. It also offers a great tips like warning the reader that the market is busy on Saturday mornings and will be crowded so the reader can plan accordingly. Also the prompt for that section is to "complete a sketch of your favorite foods" with a few other ideas. The prompts are all straight forward and easy to do. The main points is that the authors are trying to encourage the reader to actively participate in their surroundings and take note of the many small and interesting things London has to offer. The book provides some space for doodles or to adhere paraphernalia. I would say you have a half page of drawing space for most prompts. Which is enough room for a quick sketch or to use for a short journal entry. The video will provide a better idea of the space available for it.
Of course you do not have to do the prompts but they are fun and provide some interesting information along the way. If you do take it on the road with you, I recommend using a pen loop or band to attach a pen or pencil to the sketch book to make it even easier to sketch when inspiration hits.
What types of sketch or journal books do you like to take on the road with you?
