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2B Pencil sketches. Pages 11 & 12
The first one of the caterpillars in the
nutshell evolved as I waited at the hairdressers, a long process made more
enjoyable by passing the time with the sketchbook.Â
The fun part of sketching
like this is that I never know what I am going to come up with. I start with a
scribble and just look into it to try and see the start of something tangible.
The
Is it the weekend yet? The blog has been feeling a little neglected the past few days, due to the fact  that it has been CRAZY busy around here.  It’s just one of those weeks… something scheduled every day, the “social butterfly” lifestyle that leaves me feeling more exhausted than cool.  I don’t have time to paint or write . . . I barely have time to eat!
Here’s another thing that I missed when I was too busy: The Sketchbook Project 2011. I’d sworn I’d fill up the Moleskine (after all, I bought and paid for the chance to be in the exhibit), but after all the holiday rush, the pages were still blank.  I need what my mother calls “brain space” to concentrate on art – blocks, not seconds, of free time to complete something like that.  And when there’s no brain space available, sometimes you just have to call it quits.
Just because I’m not participating this year, doesn’t mean the traveling Sketchbook Project exhibit isn’t worth checking out. Â And hey, it starts right here in Brooklyn this weekend!
Go see the thousands of sketchbooks from February 19-27 at:
Brooklyn Art Library
103A N. 3rd St.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Open Tue – Sun
Noon – 8pm
Closed Mondays
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Happy Thanksgiving, folks! Â This week, I received my Moleskine in the mail for the Sketchbook Project 2011, a nationwide tour of thousands of themed sketchbooks submitted by artists. Â I signed up just in time, and as someone who doesn’t regularly keep a sketchbook, it sounded like a cool exercise for the next two months. Â My theme? Â Happy thoughts!
Before I got into brainstorming concepts and drawing away, I thought I’d celebrate the holiday by writing a list: everything that makes me happy. Â Free association. In no particular order. Â It was a lot of fun, and as I look it over now, I couldn’t be more grateful to have all these things – and especially, people – in my life.
What’s on your list? Â As we head into the holiday season, count the things you’re grateful for . . . I’m sure there are plenty of reasons to be happy today!
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I'm trying to decide which drawing to develop into my next art print. Please give me your two cents and take my poll!
Today I have a little city scene for you. One of my favorite things to draw. All the little details were such fun to think up.. I hope you enjoy! Happy Friday!
Here is my second sketch post of my Sketchbook Project sketchbook art. You know how I said this was a place to "be myself"? Well, one of my favorite things to draw is cats and dogs. That is one of the reasons why I was so excited to grab that theme. When I saw it there, staring at me, felt a pinch from the universe to take part in the project. It could not have come at a better time because I really need a little bit of inspiration-renewal right now.
On a whim, I went to Utrecht yesterday, to pick up a second Moleskine notebook, one just like the Sketchbook Project sketchbook, in order to use it to double-up these mighty thin pages. Well, they did *not* have the Moleskine size that I needed, but I *did* happen to visit during a BIG 3-day-only, 40% off EVERYTHING in the store, Back To School Sale! And I just so happened to have a gift certificate card which was so generously given to me by my
step-mom-in-law oh about 8 or so months ago! Since I've been working mostly digital this year, I haven't had the need to hit up Utrecht in the past few months. Plus, I'm generally a stock-piler when it comes to art supplies. I'm pretty faithful to my brands and products, so I like to keep extras of my staples around. It felt all breezy and fun to have an excuse to go!
I had such a great experience! And I *did* find something new, which was exciting and unusual for me. I found these Copic markers I'm always hearing about, and the extra-tiny ones (called
Multi-Liners) were just perfect to use for the drawing above! You get a line similar to a
Rapidograph with it, but the ink flow is way under control with these markers. There's no seepage into these pretty delicate Moleskine pages. I was able to draw over pencil lines, and then erase the pencil without any issue. They worked out great, and earn a thumbs up. I'm usually such a Rapidograph snob, but these are a really nice choice. I think I will keep these in the rotation.
My theme for my sketchbook is...
Raining Cats and Dogs! This is my first drawing in my Sketchbook Project sketch book. Instead of planning this out, I just went in with marker immediately, and did a stream of consciousness drawing. I figured that would really be the only way to get the "halo" of the unblemished sketchbook. This way I can now feel freer to not be all perfectionist with it. It is a sketchbook, after all, and I like that fact...
I am using this sketchbook as a place for me to "be myself" in whatever form it happens to take on any day when I work in it. So the art materials and style will surely vary, day to day. I am sure this effort will be different things for each person taking part in it. It will be very interesting to see the variety to each book, both physical and conceptually, when I go to visit all of the sketchbooks at the Brooklyn Library next year!
Fantastic, what wonderful surprises popping out of that 2B.