Gift Bag, graphite in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/26/2008
12/25 sketchbook (Christmas breakfast), graphite and pitt pens in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/25/2008
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I had a very nice one, and it was relaxing. On Christmas morning, I made my mother leave my plate on the table after breakfast so I could sketch it. She made blueberry pancakes, which were delicious. I had to work yesterday and I spent a few hours afterwards drawing this gift bag. I tried to capture the shiny, silvery bag and all the wrinkles in the tissue paper. I could have spent more time on it, but that would have been too much!
With these two drawings, I finished my sketchbook. I can’t help but feeling excited about it because this sketchbook has been dragging on since 2006. Granted, I wasn’t doing much drawing at all during 2007 as I had that hand issue. I have completed half the pages since August because I have been drawing so much! I know that if I continue at the same rate that I have been for the last few months, I will finish my future sketchbooks a lot faster. I also don’t draw on both sides of the page because I don’t want to have a problem with graphite or colored pencil rubbing onto another drawing, or ink bleeding through the page. If someone decides to disassemble my sketchbooks in the future to frame the pages, I don’t want another drawing to be on the other side. I want my sketchbooks to remain in one piece though, much to the chagrin of my family members who want me to rip out a page and give it to them.
This weekend I plan to do some more sketching and work on writing my 2009 art goals. I am glad that Christmas is over because now I have some time to do some artwork for me, without all the pressure to get things done for other people.
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