Kathy Garvey...I’m traveling and have to do this on my iPad and it won’t let me scroll down very far. So here are some favorite pages from my sketchbook and some resultant digital works. They are not in order and won’t let me rearrange them...but they show what I love about my sketchbooks...I can scribble anything that comes into my head and then go pick something to play with in Illustrator or Photoshop when I’m in the mood to create something.
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Unlike a lot of artists I don't use my sketchbook to paint when I travel. I can never seem to get it together. But, I am lucky, I have some artist friends who sketch every day and we text these sketches to each other to keep us going. These are a few sketches from my notebook to show all the different ways you can go with your sketching. They are all fun, quick and great learning exercises.
This is called blind contouring. You look at the photo only, put your pen to paper and draw in a continuous line...no peeking. It's great fun.
This exercise is useful in getting your head into gear. All it is is drawing lines.
This exercise is fun with kids too. Just put a line on paper and then try and make something of it. Also on the bottom I just drew a box and filled it with different shapes.
These are drawings from photos I took. I use a pen so I can't erase and I try and time myself. Sometimes it works and others there are lots of cross outs. LOL
Just have fun.
Donna Vines
www.DonnaVinesStudio.etsy.com
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It was a challenge to sketch while the boat was moving, however I did a few while we were anchored. Below is our favorite skipper and first mate, Vincent and Florence, who were both from France. Florence could sail the boat, tend bar, make gourmet lunches and dinners. She was amazing! Vincent kept the boat going (as it turns out, no small feat!)
As a goodbye gift, I gave them this page in my sketchbook to thank them for an awesome time. Quite a challenge to finish it while the boat was moving and with permanent ink only!
All six of us signed it. So much fun!
This is called blind contouring. You look at the photo only, put your pen to paper and draw in a continuous line...no peeking. It's great fun.
This exercise is useful in getting your head into gear. All it is is drawing lines.
Just have fun.
Donna Vines
www.DonnaVinesStudio.etsy.com
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We are in North Carolina helping friends remodel a house, and yesterday we took a day off to go to the mountains. I reached a point in my hike where I knew it was time to stop and sketch in my journal, and I sat on a log and painted.
Carmen
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I almost never paint a portrait, but I do enjoy drawing heads, especially people I know.
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| My mother, from her high school graduation photo. |
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| My mother's sister, Charlotte |
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| My friend, Linda. These are all quick sketches, perhaps 15 minutes each. Carol Schiff www.CarolASchiff.com |
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Jean Thomas
Greetings from St. Maarten!
We recently spent a week on a 44' catamaran near St. Maarten. It was a week full of sailing, snorkeling, eating and drinking and visiting various ports.
All six of us signed it. So much fun!
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Unfortunately for my artistic development, I do not do much sketching. I have, however, committed to trying to do more in the future. Or should I say "some."
I did however do a sketch of a detail of a collage I hope to complete this year. It is based on several photos I took on a sail around the island of Capri in Italy several years ago. It was an idyllic experience on an ideal day with good company and plenty of time to stop for a swim or snorkel here and there. I'd like to recapture just a little of that extraordinary memory.
As I have trouble with determining values, I first made a chart using my drawing pencils.
Next I tried to find the relative value in each surface of stone on the cliff I hope to represent.
I'm thinking it almost looks like a craggy outcropping. Just what I was aiming for.
PS> That funny little roundish thing on the top left will one day be a little bush. Just saying.
Fay Picardi
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