Sketchbook Project - Week 44

I've now filled SIX sketchbooks!  I love seeing all of them stacked together, and I love watching a blank sketchbook slowly transform into a vessel that contains little pieces of my daily life. With eight weeks to go, my goal is to plan the remaining sketches of the year to exactly fill one more book.

Enjoy these pages!  Catch up on the project here.

Watercolor

Watercolor & Gel Pen

Left: Crayola Marker           Right: Acrylics

Watercolor & Gel Pen

Colored Pencil

Colored Pencil

Sketchbook Project - Week 43

Purple is the apparent, but unintentional them of my sketches this week. I don't mind.  Four pages this week were inspired by walks around our neighborhood.  I found the color of the grass seed heads especially beautiful, and then I used the seed heads as paint brushes on the following page.  I really like the page that looks like a sea of people.  I saw a painting like this (but it was much cooler) rotate through the Google Chrome app, but by the time I went to read who the artist was, I missed the info. At least I got a bit of inspiration from it.  Enjoy the sketches!

Acrylics

Watercolor

Acrylics

Acrylics

Acrylics

Left: Colored Pencil                      Right: Watercolor and Colored Pencil

Catch up here.

Sketchbook Project - Week 42

Woops! This post is a week late, but I did do the sketches in real time. I played with shapes and layers this week, tested out some ideas and made time for another realistic food painting with a twist.  The clementine is probably my favorite, but the first spread is a close second.  It was three layers of paint, then marker, then paint, and I really love the way it came out.  Enjoy the sketches!

Watercolor and Marker

Left: Watercolor and Micron Pen                           Right: Watercolor

Micron Pen and Acrylics

Watercolor and Micron Pen

Watercolor and Micron Pen

Watercolor

See the whole project here.

Sketchbook Project - Week 41

I had a surprise backyard visitor this week--a roadrunner!  I was working in my studio when I noticed movement just outside my window.  This little guy has been hanging out and chasing grasshoppers multiple days this week--such a treat to watch!  Also in the sketchbook this week is an homage to the fall colors that are beginning to show, a collections of treasures found during a hike at Devil's Den State Park, and fun tribute to La Croix.  Enjoy!

Micron Pen

Acrylics

Left: Watercolor and Gel Pen                            Right: Watercolor and Micron Pen

Watercolor

Crayola Marker

Watercolor and Micron Pen

See previous weeks here.

Sketchbook Project - Week 40

Hey friends! I indulged in another food painting this week (and then enjoyed that avocado on some tacos!)  Enjoy the pages!

Watercolor

Acrylics Paint

Watercolor & Gelly Roll Pen

Left: Watercolor                       Right: Acrylics

Watercolor

Watercolor & Micron pen

View the whole Sketchbook Project here.
See ya next week!

Sketchbook Project - Week 39

Last week was full of to-do lists as I prepped my online felting course for release, which left me with little inspiration for sketching.  So instead of concentrating on subject matter, I used the time as a meditative process and focused on patterns, brush strokes and pen marks.  The time spent on each page was still productive and still worth the effort.

Left: Watercolor                  Right: Acrylic

Acrylic

Watercolor

Micron Pen

Watercolor

Watercolor and Micron Pen

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Sketchbook Project - Week 38

This is the sixth sketchbook I've cracked open, and I didn't even blink an eye at all the blank pages. I just dug right in.  The first page actually started out way differently, but I'm a big fan of how it turned out.  I had little patience for most pages.  I've been juggling a LOT of projects that are requiring so much of my time, so a few days this week were my just putting my paintbrush into paint and making lines.  But the pages still turned out to be paintings that I like. On Sunday, I felt like investing a little more time into a painting, so I opted for a seasonal food.  Enjoy!

Watercolor & Gelly Roll Pen

Left: Gelly Roll Pen             Right: Watercolor

Watercolor

Watercolor

Acrylic

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Sketchbook Project - Week 37

I filled another sketchbook! Now I have five completed books, and seeing them stacked is a very satisfying sight. I'm finding that watercolor is my go-to medium when I feel pressed for time.  I sat down to do a watercolor pattern on Monday that turned into a loose and abstract landscape, which is fine by me.  We visited the local Botanical Garden which inspired the lily pads and bathing bird. I think my favorite is the pretzel pattern, painted at a park while enjoying a snack of chocolate covered pretzels.

Enjoy!  Catch up on previous weeks here.

Watercolor

Watercolor

Left: Micron Pen                               Right: Colored Pencil & Watercolor

Watercolor

Acrylics

Micron Pen