New sketches

These are all sketches from last week, they're done in my reloaded vintage book.

Manitou Springs is the most awesome little town, lots of little Victorian shops and small to large Victorian houses, there's even a castle! I used to live over there when I was single. It's just west of Colorado Springs, and the Springs just merges into Manitou. If you're ever out here you really should visit Manitou! I went to the arcade to draw the pink elephant. I would have sketched more but tourist season is in full swing and it's hard to get around, maybe I'll try it later in the fall, they close for the winter. They have a penny arcade with antique games in it and there are some that would be so cool to sketch! One that I can remember is a gypsy fortune teller...

Next I went to Garden of the Gods. I thought I'd try a looser sketch this time. I had fun with this, letting the paint just run...

And some Stargazer Lilies I just planted last fall bloomed so I've been sketching them!

I'll have to think of some other cool things that I want to sketch here in the Springs.

Thanks so much for stopping by, now it's your turn, go draw something! :D

Lots of sketches!

And you thought I was slacking! :D These are some of my recent sketches that I've been doing while I work, it's been really slow. I bought this mini mannequin to alter but I'm having so much fun sketching it!!!

And my day lily finally popped open so I had to do several sketches of that before it's gone. I can't believe it's already August!!! Although, I am looking forward to the temps cooling down!!! It has been a very hot summer here in our part of Colorado, and we're wimps! We're not used to it! :D

Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome day!

New huge reloaded vintage book

First of all let me just say, what was I thinking?!!!! I guess I thought if a small reloaded watercolor sketchbook is great then a HUGE one would be even better!!! LOL! It has around 20 signatures, each signature has two folded pages. I used 140 lb paper. Needless to say, it will take awhile to finish this one. I'm still working on my first one, which I'm trying to fill with scenes of Colorado, although I did sneak in a Stargazer lily last night...

I'll try and post more photos of finished sketches in the next few days.

Thanks for stopping by, now it's your turn, go sketch something! :D

I'm on a mission!

I'm on a mission to fill up my new reloaded vintage book with sketches! So this morning when I was cleaning house my muse told me to get outside and do a sketch of my back garden before fall is here and I miss it completely! We have this old wishing well and I've planted flowers around it. The Echinacea is blooming like crazy this year! See the small evergreen tree? My son and I found it years ago when it was no more than an inch high. We've been babying it, and when we moved to this house I had to dig it up and bring it over. It's now about 3' to 4' high!

I know my perspective is off on this, but it was hot! That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it! :D

Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome day!

Garden sketch

The other night I took my reloaded vintage watercolor book out and sat on the front porch and sketched part of my garden. A hummingbird flew up and was eating from the torch lillies while I was painting. I didn't get him sketched, they just move too fast! Unfortunately I didn't have my camera so I couldn't even get a photo of him! Hopefully I'll remember the camera next time!

Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome day!

I bound and reloaded an old book!

I am so jazzed!!!! I learned to bind and reload an old book with watercolor paper!!! I've been seeing artists doing it but never thought to Google it, thanks Kate!

So this is my first reloaded old book and my first two sketches in it!!! My thread might be a little loose but it does lay flat so that works for me! I definitely could have added another signature or two, live and learn...

A big thank you to Paper and Threads over at:
http://www.paperandthreads.com/2008/03/recycling_an_old_book_as_a_wat.php

and Trumpetvine Travels over at:
http://www.trumpetvine.com/sketchblog/moleskine-reloaded/

And to Kate Johnson for telling me I could find it on line. :D

Coincidence???

Is there really such a thing as coincidence? I'm a little blown away right now. Last night I got the urge to visit some of my favorite sketching blogs and decided to post a couple of photos of sketches I've done in the last year, hoping to do more sketching and posting on this blog. Thank you Teena for the blogversary wishes. I totally didn't even know it was my blogversary!!! I had to go look and sure enough, today, July 10th, was my blogversary! Now how bizarre is that?!

And thank you Anita, John and Margaret for always being an inspiration!

I'm still here!

Hi all! I know, I've been missing again! I have still been sketching, just doing other art too and working.... I've been doing lots of other art! I'm just finishing up taking an altered book workshop that has been a blast!

Anyway, I popped around to several of my favorite sketching blogs, John's, Anita Davies, and Margaret's, they're all listed on my sidebar. I'll try to post more often on this blog, not making any promises, but I'll try.

I just finished (June 13) a sketchbook that I started way back in August, 2009! So I thought I'd share a sketch and Zentangle spread I did. I need to get the whole sketchbook scanned and share it with you.

Thanks for putting up with my scattered-ness! :D