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Morning Sketches

Monday, August 20, 2012

I’ve started to keep a small sketchbook in my car so I can make sketches before work, and when I am out and about. I haven’t branched out into color yet though.

Sketching in ink has become my favorite method to practice in my sketchbook. It really forces me to be confident in my observations and marks. Here, I took a couple of minutes to sketch some lilies on the kitchen table.

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Colored Pencil Exercises, Part 4

Sunday, August 5, 2012

In my fourth and final colored pencil class we worked on portraits from a model. I only did this one other time in 2009 so I was really out of practice (to say the least). There were people in the class who had never drawn a portrait before (so I didn’t feel that self conscious). […]

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Relay

Monday, June 11, 2012

I spent some time at the Franklin County Relay for Life this past weekend. I would have loved to do even more sketching, but there was so much going on that I couldn’t manage. My husband’s family gets really involved in the Relay every year, so I hope to sketch some more next year. Above […]

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New Pen: Pelikan Techno-Liner

Monday, June 4, 2012

I tried out a new pen this morning, the Pelikan Techno-Liner. I used the 0.1 size, which is a nice super fine line. I only bought one pen because I wanted to test it out, but I think I will be buying more next time I buy art supplies. I think this will be a […]

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Tree Leaves

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

I spent an afternoon with the trees, sketching on and off and getting interrupted many times. Sometimes I find it interesting to see how my impression compares to the actual scene. My drawing doesn’t look very much like the photo, but I think I will remember it pretty accurately years from now when I flip […]

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Mini View

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Last week I did not work on any “serious” art projects, although I did finish up something that I have wanted to do for a long time. I have wanted to make a one page mini zine for years now, probably since 2004 when I first saw one. For various reasons, I never got around […]

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Fox Hill

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

I haven’t done anything in straight pen and ink for a long time so I decided to give it a try again. Pen and ink is a real challenge for me because I struggle with adding too much detail. I really love detail, but I can carry it too far at times. I don’t ever […]

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European Stream

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my personality and how I am nothing like the stereotypical “artist personality.” I took a Myers-Briggs test and I came back as ISTJ (introvert, sensing, thinking, judging). I am very serious and organized. I am ultra-dependable. I see things in black and white and I have a need […]

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Lizzie

Monday, February 6, 2012

A portrait of my baby niece made as a gift for my sister. She and Cate are already friends even though they are so different in personality. Lizzie has the most dainty whimper of a cry but Cate has a powerful set of lungs and doesn’t hesitate to use them! I posted work in progress […]

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