I do so love drawing with a continuous line. It is so freeing! It reduces a complex subject into something utterly doable, and low pressure! I must remember to use this technique far, far more often! First was a few kitchen items. I grabbed a box of lemon ginger tea, a lemon, and fresh ginger… Continue reading Continuous Lines
TN Two Ways
My assignment was to draw something on a table in public, using two different types of materials. One in pen only, with spot color, and the other in watercolor pencil. Well, due to the current massive surge in COVID cases in my city, I’m not doing anything in public! However, this TN was on my… Continue reading TN Two Ways
January Miscellany
Watercolor Markers! Okay, I admit, I saw these and they were a total impulse purchase last month. I will also admit, I gleefully squeed when they finally arrived! I have not worked too much with markers, though I have some Copic markers. I’m excited to play with markers that won’t bleed through the paper! The… Continue reading January Miscellany
Foundations (4th Run)
Happy New Year! I am so very excited about Foundations this year. As I was doing Buildings a lot of the basics really clicked for me in new ways, and thusly I’m quite excited to do Foundations, and focus on those basics, and allow my new depth of understanding to really be explored and practiced!… Continue reading Foundations (4th Run)
Yule
‘Tis the season, from holiday gnomes, to the annual quilt mystery! Capturing the bits and pieces during this cold, wintery season. One of my gifts was 238 dot card set from Daniel Smith, so you know I had to make a color chart! On the sketchbook design front, I noticed when I scanned these just… Continue reading Yule
Wrapping up Buildings, Looking forward to Foundations
Buildings was great for me this year. I didn’t quite manage to finish. Again. But I got farther than I have in previous years, and had a number of breakthroughs. Seasonal depression is a thing, and in the middle of a pandemic its far worse, so I will be kind and forgiving with myself about… Continue reading Wrapping up Buildings, Looking forward to Foundations
A Holiday Palette
I love the idea of seasonal palettes, and color stories. For this holiday season I am inspired by these tones and colors, and I suspect one could do quite a lot with this colored. My watercolors are all Daniel Smith. The gold gouache is Winsor Newton. After all, the holiday season needs some sparkle! Then… Continue reading A Holiday Palette
Edges, Shapes, Volumes
I seem to “getting” the lessons of this buildings course more than I ever have in the past. Learning how to sketch really is an ongoing process. You think you get it one time, but then you realize there was so much more to get. I keep getting more and more every single time! My… Continue reading Edges, Shapes, Volumes
New Brushes, a Fountain
An actual, on location sketch of the fountain that I had a take-away lunch near. I very much want to develop a daily sketching habit and capturing the stories of the day and this is a page with that intention. The buildings were from the show I was streaming and is an abandoned lighthouse in… Continue reading New Brushes, a Fountain
Collage Pages
My new mystery box has started and this inspired some collage pages in my sketchbook! (If you are doing Curse of Humanrah by Cosy Killer, there are spoilers in these images!) I like the double page spreads much better than the side by side but very different pages. I’m still challenged by the mental block… Continue reading Collage Pages
Jamie's Sketchbook 