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Monthly Archives: June 2013

More recent sketches of brush and weeds.

Every page in this particular sketchbook is starting to look very similar. I hope to finish it by August if I continue at this rate, but soon I think I will change up my subject matter a little bit. You can see more sketches that I’ve posted at Sketching in Nature. Besides sketching, I have […]

Warm Day Outside

Newport Tree

Taken from a moving car in Newport, RI. It was a sunny day and both the streets and water were crowded.

June Plants in my Sketchbook.

From reviewing my sketchbook recently, my interests are apparent. I’ve noticed that I have a very distinctive style when sketching foliage and weeds. I am not trying to draw every last leaf, but I am drawn to the various shapes of the leaves. With this sketch of the pansies, I was working quickly using the […]

Sketches on my mind.

I have been making lots of sketches, although not all of them are worth showing anyone, and I am finding it easy to put off scanning and posting. I am still loving my new pens and my gray ink. I’ve started writing with my pens too, keeping written journals again. It’s a nice change. Reading […]

Hardwick View

I’ve been a bit slow in scanning by sketchbook, but I do have some pen and ink sketches to post soon from my recent drawing experiment. Here is a small ink and watercolor that I completed not long ago, and mailed off to Germany for a swap. I got mine in the mail yesterday, which […]

Greek Bells

The sound of the bells reminds me of my Yiayia and Papou’s house.

Refocus on Drawing and Sketching

I’ve been putting off my artwork lately, mainly because I am too tired at the end of the day to do anything. The general lack of energy is bothering me, so I am focusing on improving my nutrition in general. Also, I have decided to pare down my immediate art goals. This month I am […]