Book By Its Cover » Sketchbook Series: Camilla Engman

12.21.07

Sketchbook Series: Camilla Engman

What can I tell you about the Camilla’s work that you don’t already know? It’s charming and beautiful and interesting. She can have a lot of drama in her paintings or her illustrations can be as perfectly light and funny as this one. Her characters are engaging- with contemplative gazes and seemingly quirky personalities. Her color palette is full of combinations that are truly comforting and there is always such incredible texture which I am always trying to dissect- how did she do that? I can’t find an image she made that I don’t love and I often find myself clicking through her paintings imagining them hanging in my home close to me (one of these days!). It’s nice to find out an artist you admire is also a cool person. From Camilla’s blog, which I’m addicted to, she keeps us updated with works in progress, shares inspiration and personal tidbits and is always linking to something unique. When I asked Camilla to share her sketchbooks she sent me some images but said she wasn’t sure if they were good enough. I told her she was nuts. They are great. I think you’ll agree–
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14 Comments

12/21/07 1:54pm

rita wrote

Love her work! She’s amazing. Nice to see her sketchbook. I like that she’s not afraid to collage into it. I never dothat but it makes it look so nice.

12/21/07 1:56pm

mike lowery wrote

I need to start using more cut paper in my boring moleskine journals. Great work!

12/21/07 2:29pm

rachel wrote

I also love camilla’s work. I’m staring at her 2008 calendar on my desk at work as we speak and am so excited to start using it.

12/21/07 10:50pm

amy ross wrote

So inspirational! I love the page with the deer head in particular, the use of all sorts of collaged materials, and of course the photo of the sketchbook covers is itself a piece of art.

12/22/07 1:02am

Abbey H wrote

I love her work! I marked about a million of her images as favorites on Flickr. They’re all so beautiful…and they inspire me to make more stuff.

12/22/07 10:34am

Julia wrote

It`s the same with me- I think I allready got addicted to her work..it`s really fantastic.
especcially I love her paper work. really inspiring!!

12/22/07 6:12pm

Caitlin wrote

I love Camilla’s work so much, thanks for sharing her sketchbook. I especially love the drawing of the woman in the chair, and of course the paper collage is really cool. Nice work :)

12/23/07 11:29am

Marieke wrote

There is nothing sketchy about it, but so perfect already!!!

12/24/07 9:21am

Marília Cardoso wrote

I love Camill’s work, specialy her paper work.

12/24/07 1:20pm

sosser wrote

i’m also a fan of camilla engman’s work and blog and this is such a treat to see! thanks!

01/6/08 5:12pm

Amy Garlick wrote

I also have a huge number of Camilla’s images favorited over at Flickr. I adore her work!
I also think this site is fantastic, I have bought a lot of books based on what I read here. Thanks for that, and for the peeks at these sketchbooks. I love reading about process.

01/14/08 6:29pm

cruststation wrote

In love :)

01/16/08 11:15pm

Fernando wrote

it’s the first time that i see this page and i have to give you the most beautifull words for make this cool page….but i have the interest of buy these books…

03/29/08 9:14pm

jess gonacha wrote

she IS nuts to think her sketchbook is not good enough! wow, i’m in awe of it. i love how simple and clean it is, and full of things other than pen drawings. the collage is fantastic!

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