Getting started : An overview of tools and materials ; Paper ; Sketchbook formats ; Mark-making tools ; Paints and inks ; Glue and adhesives ; Adding background ; Loosening up ; Working with themes ; Exploring a theme ; Getting off the page ; The sketchbook challenge begins -- Circles : Carol Sloan ; Lyric Kinard ; Technique spotlight : Screen painting -- Dwellings : Jamie Fingal ; Technique spotlight : Stenciling ; Diana Trout -- Elements : Kathyanne White ; Technique spotlight : Digital printing ; Sue Bleiweiss -- Everyday objects : Lane LaFazio ; Kelli Nina Perkins ; Technique spotlight : Thread sketching -- Messages : Kim Rae Nugent ; Technique spotlight : Painted papers for collage ; Judi Hurwitt -- Patterns and grids : Jane Davies ; Technique spotlight : Hand-carved stamps ; Sue Bleiweiss ; Technique spotlight : Hand-dyed fabric -- Rhythm : Jackie Bowcutt ; Technique spotlight : Soy wax resist ; Laura Cater-Woods -- Simple pleasures : Leslie Tucker Jenison ; Technique spotlight : Image transfers ; Lynn Krawczyk -- Symbols : Carla Sonheim ; Violette Clark ; Technique spotlight : Foiling -- Treasure : Kathy Sperino ; Technique spotlight : Silk fusion ; Tracie Lyn Huskamp -- Vistas and views : Susan Brubaker Knapp ; Carol Sloan ; Technique spotlight : Moldable foam stamps -- Weathered beauty : Jill Berry ; Technique spotlight : 4-step drawing of a cabin ; Judi Hurwitt