Sketchbook: Full Color's

Both anime are set in a slow moving life, and give a different perspective about the life from what are generally used too. 

Both are slice of life anime with a very laid back and relaxing feeling and any Makino Yui fans should definitely check these out, she sings the OP in every Aria season and she sings the ED in Sketchbook. 

Sketchbook ~full color'S~ was animated by the same company (Hal Film Maker) and shares several of the major creative staff, although the original mangaka are different. There's even a blatant, very hard to miss President Aria reference in the first episode. Aside from that, though, both shows are similar styles of slice-of-life (iyashi-kei, to be precice), with Sketchbook slightly more comedic than Aria, and Aria slightly more sentimental than Sketchbook. 

Firstly, both have the same creator as can be seen on the last episode of sketchbook. Both have a slow moving paste and is relaxing too watch, not too mention the overdose of cats on boths shows. The main character also is a little dense in both sides and lastly, they are both excellent Slice of Lifes. 

The are both created by the same animation company and producers. ARIA is like Sketchbook in Venice, with gondolas and beautiful back-drops. 

Awesome, slow-paced slice of life anime with a lot of nice jokes. Needless to say they both are favourites of mine. 

Very similar in atmosphere. Must-see for the fans of either. 

Slow-paced and relaxing slice-of-life anime about girls who enjoy life for its simple things. Also cats, lots of cats. 

Both have a calm, relaxing atmosphere. The only difference is the setting. 

These shows are extremely relaxing, with mostly ordinary adventures of their female protagonists. The protagonists are gentle although Sketchbook's protagonist is more shy.  

Slow paced slice of life's that are relaxing and fun to watch, both directed by Junichi Satou as well. They accentuate on a way of life and have wonderful OSTs too. Cats are a plenty in both and there even is a reference to Aria-shachou in Sketchbook too towards the end of an episode. Yui Makino also sings most of Aria's OP songs and happens to sing the ED in Sketchbook too. 

Both are based around an art club in school. Also, both series have a calm and relaxing, yet comical atmosphere. Both series also have very entertaining characters, each with their own unique personalities. 

They have similar "Student life" theme and of course, Most of characters in both anime are involve with art. Other than that, they are light comedy, mind soothing atmosphere and have word "Sketch" in a title. 

Cute shows about female art students. Hidamari Sketch is cuter and funnier, while Sketchbook is more slice-of-life and relaxing. 

Both are about a group of high school students involved in art. Hidamari is more focused on daily life, whereas Sketchbook focuses more on ideas and creativity. Both are equally amusing and interesting, if you're into slow slice of life anime. 

Both series portray themselves to be somewhat about visual arts, but instead focus more on the calm natured daily lives of art students. 

Both based on 4koma with similar genres and premise - the lives of kids interested in art. 

both revolve around a art class with mostly girls in it sketchbook is more or a layed back anime while GA is a quicker pace.  

Both of them are related to art and take place in school. GA seems to be even more art focused. If you love art then you should check it out. 

Two slice of life anime's centering the use of art. Despite Sketchbook having art in, it's used more in the sense as a way of life rather than art as a subject. GA on the other hand teaches a fair bit on art in general and is pretty educational if you don't know too much about art. Character personalities can be quite similar in both, for example with Sora in Sketchbook and Kisaragi in GA, both of which are very timid MC's. There is the use of cats to accentuate the cute vibes in both but Sketchbook has a lot more of that compared to GA. Sketchbook is a lot more relaxing than how hyper GA is but both are very enjoyable to watch. read more 

They are not that similar in terms of story, but other factors like both has a totally crazy sensei and overdoses of cats as well as genres. 

Both anime portray a group of eccentric high school students with a lot of comedy and a nice iyashikei progression. Sketchbook is a more iyashikei-ish anime, while Azumanga is more focused on comedy, even so they both have a very similar style of comedy and are great animes. 

All is to say that, in my oppinion, Sketchbook is like a "spiritual father" of Tamayura. Both include a bit weird girl with clear passion - surrounded by friends. They have their distinctive traits, and bring some humor into the series. But in both cases it's not most important part of it. Just an addition :) What is important that climate, tempo and settings are similar - peacefull and optimistic. 

Both series have a laid-back and uplifting atmosphere. Natsume has more action and Sketchbook has more comedy, but they evoke similar feelings to me. 

they both have that lighthearted feeling that some slice-of-life animes have and they are both a relaxing anime to watch 

Both relaxing, chill experiences with great artistic atmosphere and style. The characters are silly but still memorable, and not too shallow. The peaceful OST is also good (not limited to OP and ED). I appreciate the way they capture the beauty of the world the characters themselves live in, and how they interpret it, as well as what they do in it together as a club or by just themselves. The characters' voices suit them pretty well for who they are, and it's always pretty cool to hear. I think anyone who truly appreciated Yuru Camp would also enjoy Sketchbook: Full Color's to some extent. Hopefully in the future it'll be known to more people who would like it. read more