Simon Matty

Sketchbooks, Artist's Journals and Illustrated Journals...

At the moment, 95% of the art I produce is in a sketchbook.

I use sketchbooks to capture things that interest me and also to record aspects of my life. As such I am aiming for them to be illustrated journals, or an artist's journal, rather than 'simply' places to record ideas or approaches for a later, separate work of art.


Current sketchbook

Selection of pages from the sketchbook I am currently using. The sketchbook was started on 10 September 2025

self-portrait self-portrait cat cat

Sketchbook 10

Selection of pages from Sketchbook 10 which was started on 01 February 2025 and finished on 01 September 2025

alphabet stripes alphabet pieta abstract head head head Lisbon Cathedral Jesse Walt Walt tree Tenerife cats vase of flowers Little Hall, Lavenham Walt Buttermere Valencia abstract ABC woman walking man running man walking woman running man man Marguerite Matisse water song thrush leaf Teide National Park Walt red cat Truffle Self-portrait herring gull Self-portrait Self-portrait cat cat cat

Sketchbook 9

Selection of pages from Sketchbook 9 which was started on 17 October 2024 and finished on 30 January 2025

abstract image abstract image apple apple apple man after Atget photograph bird birds Bryce Canyon horse after Carle picture horse after Carle picture crow Daniel and Louise Gaudi building grass hand woman after Leiter photograph Leonard and Enid lunch man pi portrait portrait portrait portrait Teddy Walt and Jesse Wivenhoe woman

Sketchbook 8

Selection of pages from Sketchbook 8 which was started on 08 July 2024 and finished on 25 September 2024

alphabet alphabet alphabet birds face hand Jesse Jesse Jesse Rome Albert Sloman Library Albert Sloman Library Stockholm test Walt Walt

Sketchbook 7

Selection of pages from Sketchbook 7 which was started on 20 March 2024 and finished on 02 July 2024

Armadale asparagus Big Sur birds bun Canna Canna circles Duirinish Stone Dunvegan wallpaper Elgol flowers flowers flowers Getty Center giraffe hand Isleornsay Jesse LeWitt lion man network Palermo parrot parrot San Francisco Santa Monica Sea Thrift Self-portrait Self-portrait Sheep Shorehouse Venice Walt Walt and Jesse

Sketchbook 6

Selection of pages from Sketchbook 6 which was started on 01 December 2023 and finished on 23 February 2024

abstract balloons Cambridge cheetah Chinese cats Chinese fish Chinese landscape circles cocktails cow flowers fox Gjelina guinea pig hand bust bust bust houseplant houseplants Iona Jesse Malaga puffins red flowers scribble self-portrait self-portrait Old Man of Storr Old Man of Storr Swinside Stone Circle tapas Long-tailed tit Walt and Jesse woman woman

Sketchbook 5

Selection of pages from Sketchbook 5 which was started on 09 September 2023 and finished on 29 November 2023

Birmingham chairs heron Jesse Jesse Jesse Kelsey leaves lunch magpie Mirador penguins peppers pigeons tomatoes Torabhaig tree Walt Walt Walt Walt and Jesse Walt and Jesse woman woman woman woman Woodbridge

Sketchbook 4

Selection of pages from Sketchbook 4 which was started on 03 July 2023 and finished on 03 September 2023

abstract Adidas Ultraboost Arrecife branch with orange leaves cat Dunwich fika fish giraffe giraffe giraffe holes house Jesse Jesse Jesse Jesse Jesse leaves Leonard and Enid mandrill mug Muybridge animals Muybridge animals Muybridge animals owl owl plants portrait portrait portrait portrait portrait scribble scribble shapes Skye Teddy tits tomatoes Walt Walt Walt windmill

Sketchbook 3

Selection of pages from Sketchbook 3 which was started on 03 March 2023 and finished on 02 July 2023

colour blocks golden eagle flora foxes Frinton-on-Sea fruit pattern fruit pattern goldfinch Jesse Jesse Mull Muybridge animal Muybridge animal Muybridge animal Muybridge animal Muybridge animal Muybridge animal pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern pattern Picasso bird Ply self-portrait rhino robin rooster Sarah, Miranda and Blaise stripes Teddy train seats train seat vase of flowers vase of flowers Walt Walt Walt

Sketchbook 2

Selection of pages from Sketchbook 2 which was started on 19 September 2022 and finished on 14 February 2023

Amedeo Castro Gallipoli hand hand hand Ingres and Picasso Jesse Kettle's Yard Kyvos Villa Mestrovic mug mug Mulino pattern pilea shrine still life still life still life still life tomatoes vase of flowers Walt and Jesse