“right now” staying focused on the present, mindful and in the moment, an image from the week, with no words or a few words, that acknowledges the “right now.” Inspired by Ann.
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 ©2012 Carolyn A Pappas, Sketches of Katie. Ink in sketchbook. I have always liked leap day, as it is a rare day. Plus, it’s supposed to snow today. Yay! I thought I would share some links I have come across recently: Vivien Blackburn has been experimenting with Derwent Coloursoft colored pencils over watercolor, with very nice results. It makes me want to do more experimenting myself, along these lines. Lisa Call wrote a nice blog Advice to Emerging Artists: You are not a Fraud about writing an artist statement, or writing about your artwork in general. I appreciated the encouraging words.
“right now” staying focused on the present, mindful and in the moment, an image from the week, with no words or a few words, that acknowledges the “right now.” Inspired by Ann.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Whippet Sketch 1. Sanguine Pitt pen in large handbook journal. I did some multitasking one evening, alternating between reading, listening to the TV and sketching Ruben (whenever he changed position). I felt so productive.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Whippet Sketch 2. Sanguine Pitt pen in large handbook journal. I’ve been posting to Pinterest for the past few months, whenever I find an interesting image that I want to save. Pinterest is a great site for finding online inspiration, and I love to browse through other people’s pins. If you use Pinterest, feel free to follow me, and leave a comment so I can follow you.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Small Katie Sketches. Pen in large handbook sketchbook. Above are some small sketches of Katie, and not very good ones at that, done over the course of a few days. Whenever I sketch Katie, or any animal, most of my sketches are no good and only a few really please me. It is such good practice and so much fun that I keep doing it though.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Katie on the Couch. Ink in large handbook sketchbook. This is a quick sketch of Katie from a few weeks ago. Katie has become my best buddy these days. I’ve been trying to do as much sketching and painting as possible recently because my due date is fast approaching. I am getting nervous and really excited! I’ve spent the last couple of days putting a lot of hours into the painting that I’m going to use as my Christmas card. I love sending out a Christmas card with my own artwork on it, but I’ve been procrastinating all year. When I found out about the sale that Moo is offering right now, I didn’t want to miss out. Through tomorrow, they are giving 15% off their holiday cards (with the code CARDSYAY), in addition to the 15% off sale that they are already running. I say this every year, but next year I am going to be more prepared for sure and get my artwork ready ahead of time! I’ll be posting my painting, along with some Work in Progress photos in an upcoming post. Below is a really nice short film by and Danny Gregory and Tommy Kane that I enjoyed. I thought the music was especially fitting. To El and Back: a film about Butch Belair from DannyGregory on Vimeo.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Katie in the AM. Pen in large handbook sketchbook. Sketching is such a nice “warm up” for the day. Whenever I sketch in the early mornings, I feel like the day is productive, no matter what I end up getting done. I sketched Katie the other day when she was still sleepy and feeling cuddly. In the mornings she loves to get pets and curl up on the couch like a fox.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Katie in Profile. Graphite in 8.5 x 11 inch sketchbook. This drawing is based on a photo where Katie is standing on the bow of the boat looking over the lake. It would make a really nice portrait done in colored pencil if I can convince myself to get started on it! I’m back at home after Thanksgiving and completely wiped out. I did do some sketching over the past few days but not as much as I would have liked. I feel like I got a cooking confidence boost yesterday though. My mom was sick so I cooked the whole Thanksgiving meal with Chris and my dad (with me doing most of it). I am good at cooking but I never did something so big before. Today I am just going to do some really easy sketching and watch some movies. I’ve got a Grapenut pudding in the oven right now and I can’t wait.  ©2010 Carolyn A. Pappas, 11-24-10 sketchbook page (Katie). Ink in large handbook sketchbook.  ©2010 Carolyn A. Pappas, 11-24-10 sketchbook page (fruit and veggies). Ink in large handbook sketchbook. |
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