Spring is here! Flocks of robins are hopping all over our yard and the snow is finally gone! 8-1/2″ x 11″, ink & watercolor in a Stillman & Birn Beta series sketchbook. Drawings done with a black Pigma Micron 01 pen. Last Friday was officially the first day of spring, and even though the temperatures […]
Month: March 2015
Spring Classes at Summerhill
My students do WONDERFUL work! This daisy sketch is by Sandy Conley. Spring is just around the corner, and I think we’re all ready to shake off those winter doldrums, aren’t we? If you’d like to revive your creative spirit, I’ve got two classes coming up that might be just the thing for you. Sketchbook […]
Travel Sketch Kit + Texas Travel Sketches
(Continuing my posting of sketches from the Monologue Basics A5 sketchbook that I reviewed here.) My husband and I spent five days in Texas last fall visiting friends in San Antonio. I didn’t think I’d have a lot of time to sketch, so I took a minimum of supplies, but it turned out to be […]
Snow Day!
We have a SNOW DAY! Yippee! I still get a thrill from being snowed in. We’ve gotten ten inches of snow since last evening and everything is cancelled, so I thought I’d share a snowy sketch with you today. This is one I painted a few weeks ago of the view out our driveway… Ink […]
More Random Sketches
As promised, here are more random sketches from my Monologue Basics sketchbook… I deviated from my usual technique in this marigold sketch. Instead of doing a line drawing, then painting light, medium, and dark glazes of color, I did a quick initial freehand painting with watercolor, then, after the paint had dried, I did my […]
People Practice
In my last post I commented on the strengths and weaknesses of the Monologue Basics sketchbook, and mentioned that I liked using it for practice drawings. One of the things I always feel I could use more practice in is drawing people, and I’ve hit upon an easy way to find people to draw – […]