daily sketch... 04 April

daily sketch: 30 March 2007

daily sketch: 19 March

Two quickie sketches from the WetCanvas scavenger hunt: the first as a challenge to draw from an unusual/diffucult perspective. I found it hard to pull off, and didn't quite get the shape of the pot right. Practice, practice!

I'm very excited about something new I'm working on, and I'll get some photos up soon. My mom and dad gave me a dremel and diamond bits for Christmas, and I'm just getting around to trying it out. I'm carving beach rocks- I played around with a few of the bits today to see what variety of line I can get, and then I carved a freehand triskele knot, with interlacing. I'm excited about this new technique, and I'm getting ideas about things I can try...

daily sketch: 18 March 07

Well, after a whole bunch of slacking off and avoidance for a while, I'm back to the daily sketch thing. I just haven't felt motivated to create much lately. So now that I'm broadcasting it out here on the world wide web, I have to do it... ;)

And so: where I like to sit and read. Note the lovely window trim moulding newly installed by hubby and friend.

Balancing Rock sketch

A quick sketch from our hike yesterday.

It's another gorgeous day today. I have bread rising right now, but after it's baked, I think M. and I will grab the stroller and go visiting.

today's sketches : still lifes (lives? ;) )

Taking a break from the raven today, I did two quick watercolour sketches, with items from this week's artwork from life scavenger hunt at www.wetcanvas.com.

today's sketch: strawberry mug

cookie ingredients

The latest sketch, done last night. The items were all for the Scavenger Hunt on www.wetcanvas.com, and they all turned into nummy chocolate chip cookies with pecans. In graphite, on cheapo Bienfang wc paper, about 10" x 10".

I'm back!

I've taken an extended break from the computer for the holidays. Phew!... We're almost there! Now that I'm a mom, I appreciate how much work it takes to make Christmas happen. But, I've also had more fun than since when I was a kid. My kids help me relive my childhood.

Today's sketch is a still life of some pizza ingredients for our party tomorrow night. Just add a nice Merlot to wash it down , something fizzy at midnight, and some friends to enjoy it with.

two more from my marathon

Ho Ho Ho.

sketch marathon

I participated in a sketchcrawl yesterday. Basically, I challenged myself to do as many sketches as I could squeeze in. The plein air sketches were done on a drizzly cold day from the comfort of my car. My daughter was with me for the drive, so each sketch took about 5 min (it's like a rule of physics: toddlers abhor a still car).

Of twelve total (some were just 1 or two minute studies), here are a few:

first snowman of the winter

We made him yesterday in a blinding, sideways-driven wet snowstorm. R. rolled the balls himself. He has rosehips for his mouth, a spruce cone for a nose, beach rocks for eyes, and alder twigs for his arms. It was blowing a gale, hence he is hatless & scarfless.

The new snow has inspired me to dig out the decorations, so we are decking the halls this evening, complete with freshly baked gingersnaps and hot chocolate. Ho Ho Ho.

today's sketches

today's sketches

A few sketches done for the WetCanvas weekly scavenger hunt:

something hanging from my ceiling, a newspaper, coloured glass (beach glass), a jar full of something not food (beach stones), and wood grain (driftwood plywood). All done in my moleskine.

As a way to practice, stretch, and grow as an artist, I'm making an effort to produce something every day, even if it is just a quickie 5 minute sketch. I've kept it up for about 3 months now. I notice that I am more confident now, my hand is quicker and more sure, and I use the eraser less, if at all. I even attempt sketching straightaway in ink (see my chandelier?!), which I never would have done three months ago.