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Travel. Holy week. Minor illness. Easter. Work. Not much sketching/art.

Keys


I have too many ideas and not enough time. Sometimes when that happens, I get overwhelmed by the possibilities and have a hard time picking ONE thing to work on. So nothing gets done. I hate it when that happens.

Waiting Room


Bic pen in 6×6 inch sketchbook. Colored pencil added after I got home.

Sketches from Life

I’ve been enjoying my sketching. It allows me to maintain/improve my skills while I’m not feeling inspired to work on other projects, which is why I started. But it also turns out to be pretty relaxing, which I didn’t really expect, although I should have.

While I’ve enjoyed sharing the results with you, looking back, those colored boxes seem a little cluttered and disjointed looking. But a lot of the individual sketches aren’t worthy of their own featured space. So, I’m going to try to be at least a little selective and just show you one or two of the more successful sketches when I post. Less cluttered that way. If you are interested, I post more of these sketches on my facebook page.

And I’ve narrowed it down to three. Not one or two. Not sure how well this is going to work :)



Actually, these are more like full works and not sketches. Not because of the subjects (stuff in my house) but because I spent about 90 minutes on each. Many weeks, I don’t have that much time. Future posts will likely be more “sketchy.”

In other news, I finished Adam Bede. It had a lot of interesting passages but on the whole probably wasn’t worth the effort. Now I’m reading the second Stieg Larsson book. Quite a change. The Evensong service we’ve been working on in choir rehearsals is Sunday, March 13. I’m looking forward to it!

More Sketches from Life


Two steps forward, one step back as far as skill level goes. I get nervous when sketching in public, and the sketches aren’t as good, but I’m told the only way to get over that is to keep doing it. The sketch of the candle holders with the pink background is digital.

In other news, I’m still struggling through the same book (not much time for reading lately), and I’m excited about what we’re working on in choir practice at church.

Sketches from Life (One Digital) and a Digital Sketch Not From Life

Playing with the software, getting acquainted.

Sketches from Life, Links, and Random Comments

Sketches

Links
I’m not the only one who’s been sketching. Take a look at Angie’s still life.

Angie also linked to this, along with a lot of other people I follow. I haven’t had a chance to look at it yet, but I LOVE the idea. Google street view for art (aka Google Art Project).

I’ve been enjoying Karin Jurick’s 100 Faces via her blog. She painted 100 faces from mug shots as an exercise. She put this video together when she finished. I’m tempted to try something like this myself, maybe after a little more life sketching.

What’s wrong with this picture? No cheezburger.

Random Comments
The written dialect in Adam Bede is driving me crazy. However, I’m enjoying the book enough that I don’t want to give up on it.

Well, okay, I only had one random comment. Just felt like sharing.

Sketches from Life

These sketches were all done from life (as opposed to working from photographs or drawing imaginary objects) with supplies I had lying around gathering dust (construction paper, colored pencils, acrylic ink, and the like). The same goes for the last set.

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