2012 Sketchbook Project - finishing up

See, I have been doing art! Just not doing great at posting about it. Excuse my wonky perspective in the first picture, sometimes that just happens. I only have one more spread to do and this sketchbook is done and will go in the mail after Christmas!!! Woohoo!!!!! Now, what should I do for my last sketch? I already did the last page so I just need to sketch something, anything, the pressure is on!

Well I'll let you know what I come up with! I'm waiting for my next sketchbook to arrive. It would be awesome to have some of my work published in a book!!! If you want to learn more about the sketchbook project click the link to the right or check it out below, you know you want to!!! :D

Thanks for stopping by and have a Merry Christmas if I don't get back on here before then!

the Sketchbook Project Limited Edition

First off this is not my photo, it belongs to Arthouse Coop. I borrowed it to tell you about the Sketchbook Project Limited Edition! Look at all these sketchbooks!!! I'd love to go there and look through them! I'm just finishing up my Sketchbook Project sketchbook for 2012 and I am so proud of myself!

The Limited Edition is a little different. It will be due in April, 2012, it's limited to 5,000 artists, and all the sketchbooks will be published in a book! Awesome!!!! I was trying to make up my mind if I was going to do it or not and decided to go for it! The worst that will happen is that I won't get it done and I won't be able to participate in the next one. Of course I have a thing about unfinished projects so I will get it done, no matter what!

If you want to find out more check it out:

http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject?utm_source=Art+House+Co-op+List&utm_campaign=1d5f78f3c3-Limited_Edition_launch11_8_2011&utm_medium=email

Thanks for stopping by and now get busy and do some art!

More Sketchbook Project sketches

These are three more sketches I've done in my Sketchbook Project book. Only six more spreads to go! I'd better hurry it up! It has to be in by the end of January, I think. And I hate putting things off until the last minute! Totally messes up my muse!

I was so honored to have my name and a link to my blog mentioned in their latest newsletter! Now they are doing another project, where they're going to publish all the entrants sketchbooks in a book! How cool! This sketchbook will be due in April, I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it.... we'll see. Part of the reason is that that is during the winter for the most part, and I am really inspired by nature, flowers, bugs etc. I'm not sure what I would draw in a winter sketchbook. Anyway, click on my link to the right and I'm sure it will take you to the new page for more info on the New Sketchbook Project project. :D

Thanks so much for stopping by and leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Some new sketches

Okay, first up is a new Hydrangea watercolor sketch! I love, love, love hydrangeas!!! They are just the most awesome flower! It's just amazing that they can change color! This just fascinates me! Feed them acidic plant food and they will turn blue! The last small hydrangea I bought died when I planted it, but that's probably because it was in the middle of the horribly hot summer. So I will try it again, and probably put up some wire around it to keep the deer from snacking on it.

Second up is my new chick sketch! I'm learning to draw girls with Suzi Blu! See her button on my side bar. I can draw all kinds of things but not people! When I used to draw them their noses ended up looking like a pig's snout! I think I'm doing much better!!! And Suzi is a ton of fun!

Oh! The hydrangea is in my Sketchbook Project book, so now I only have 9 more spreads to do! I'm anxious to get it done before I get sidetracked and space it out! :D

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now go draw something!

I AM NOT A FORMER STUDENT OF IB Visual Artsl MY GUESS IS YOU'RE BEING SCAMMED. Fall leaves

Here's a couple of sketches I just finished. The top one is in my Sketchbook Project book, the lower one in my watercolor Moleskine. I think I could sketch fall leaves all day long! Each one is different and they remind me of sunrises, which I never get to see here. I guess I'll have to start getting up really early and driving somewhere where I can see the sun rise. I am really missing Colorado these days...

More Sketchbook Project...

I know, you thought I forgot all about my Sketchbook Project didn't you? I didn't, just been terribly busy. I did have a chance to sit down and do some pear sketches. The top one is in my personal watercolor moley, the second is in my Sketchbook Project book. I have some mushrooms to show you too, but I'll do that next time!

Now it's your turn - go draw something!

Cidada and Black Eyed Susan

I forgot to post my very first full spread in my Sketchbook Project - the Black Eyed Susans. So here they are.

My most recent is this sketch of the Cicada that fell out of our oak tree during a recent rainstorm. The wings weren't really that colorful but I decided the poor ugly creature needing something redeeming about it. I'm just glad I didn't have a cup of coffee sitting there when this thing fell, eeeeewwwwwwww! My kids were a little freaked when I brought it into the house to paint, they thought maybe it was still alive. :D

Now I need to find something else to sketch....

Thanks for stopping by! Have an awesome day!

Hibiscus-oops! Rose of Sharon

For those of you who don't know, we just recently moved from Colorado to Pennsylvania. I'm always making new discoveries here - it's like living in another country! I saw these flowers on a bush and went out to see what they were and was totally amazed that they were Hibiscus! A sweet friend of mine let me know that they are The Rose of Sharon, thank you Patty! I used to have a yellow one in my front window in Colorado! I never would have planted it outside, I don't think it would have survived the cold winters. Keep in mind I lived in the foothills.

The first spread is for my sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project - see the button on my sidebar. Then of course I had to do another sketch for my personal sketchbook! And it was such a beautiful and cool morning out I spent several hours doing this! Yesterday it got up to 99 degrees in the shade! Holy cow! With the humidity it's just awful!!! I don't know if I'll ever get used to the humidity here... :)

Anyway, you might want to check into doing the Sketchbook Project, I know several people are doing them - some do mixed media and collage in theirs... I only have 17 more spreads to go! I'm going to try and keep it to sketching but who knows, I may do some collage also. And it doesn't even have to be sent in until the end of January!

Hey thanks for stopping by! If you leave me a comment I can come visit your blog! :D