Many of you ask to see students Free Up sketchbooks. We do share them in our private community on the course and in my facebook group Sketchbooks with Karen Stamper.

The artists/students below have kindly agreed to share their sketchbook developments with you. You can see stages along the way and Gill’s finished book. I do hope that you enjoy and appreciate all the creative energy that has gone into these wonderful concertina sketchbooks 😍

You can find out more about all my online sketchbook courses here

Sally Harrison (above) is an A* student from Wales. She has documented her Free Up journey and added it to her website. You can see it here

Below you can see a concertina book and work developing from it by Elizabeth Daggar from New York. Check out Elizabeth’s instagram to see more @edaggarat    www.edaggarart

Gill Murning tells me that she just does art for fun. Wow!

“I have loved everything about this course and have learnt so much. Working in this concertina book has given me the freedom to just play and experiment with the steps / ideas and techniques that Karen suggests”.

Look at the fun, freedom and playfulness in her book here

Free Up Your Sketchbook and Grow opens again 4th September 2026

Marzia Fe @marzia_fe is known for her paper collage portraits and mixed media art. Marzia is another student who ran with it. You can see stages of her pages below. Which one came first??