"Sketchbooks, are tools for 'enquiry based learning' and provide a vehicle for their users, whether adult or child, to investigate and explore the world around them, experiment, document and compare and connect experiences and ideas. The 'sketchbook' is not a prescribed object, wholly of images, 'sketches' or words but can be an envelope, note book, scrapbook, journal or even a digital device; mobile phone or camera and should evolve as it is used. Most importantly the 'sketchbook' is a companion, which travels from experience to experience, collecting, exploring and connecting. Essentially the sketchbook belongs to its user. It may be highly personal, private and individual or may be a place to show off and demonstrate the struggles in a creative process and its unique conclusions."

Quote supplied by Shelia Ceccarelli Access Art