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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Sketches and Studies

I'm trying to get back into the habit of sketching every day. Something- anything. From life, from my mind, from a photo. It doesn't mater. It's one of those things that can help so much, and only takes a few minuets to do. Here are a few I did this week:

This one was from a photo:

This from my mind:

This is a combination from a photo I took/on location

This also led to me pulling out my dusty old box of oils.

And I did a couple quick, small paintings of an orange slice, done in oil. It's been way too long since I touched oil paints; rich, buttery saturated colors. Yummy.

Hopefully I can stay in the grove of things, and there will be more to come.

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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Doodling at the Dentist

I had some extra time to kill while at the dentist with Katie. Here are my Christmas (mostly) doodles:

And here is what our elf was up to:

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Handmade Sketch Book and More Elf Mischief

Today I'm giving you a peek inside my handmade sketch book.

Several years back I took a bookbinding class, and have been making my own sketch books since. For the cover of this one, I used an old leather purse, and added the embellishments.

Inside is where the real fun is.

I enjoy trying out many sketching styles. Here I'm going through my "lettering and doodling" phase. Always changing, always evolving.

I really like the creatures with the nests on their heads. Not sure why, they just make me happy.

And now, a picture of Katie and Lily (just because it's too cute not to share). Katie is sharing one of her 8 spare fingers with Lily. I know Katie is WAY too old to still be sucking her fingers, but this is adorable none the less.