Author Archives: Jamie

Food Sketches Feb 2021

Sketching your food everyday is like sketching boot camp. It was also a great way to get back into the daily sketching habit. (I did very little sketching during 2020.) My aim was to work fast, get my color mixes as accurate as I could, and, of course, record the moment. Most of these I sketched after I ate, from photographs, since I haven’t yet mastered the self-restraint not to dive into the food when I’m hungry!

I find that sketchbook design elements really do help these pages come together. The frames, the text, the date heading. I shall be working with those elements more for the next food sketchbook.

This sketchbook is a Stillman and Birn Alpha softcover, 3.5″ x 5.5″. I’m probably ready to move to a larger size, but I have this size already for the next one.

I do confess that these sketches, and the preponderance of the Buff Titanium that is my flatware, gives me the urge to buy more colorful plates!

Everyday Sketching Week 9

A mixed week of deliveries and what not.

I tried adding a map of my daily walk to the mailbox. I learned that maps take a long time! Need to find faster methods!

I am, of course, still shielding at home, so I’m working on finding the small, daily things to sketch. This time in the world is certainly unique, and capturing it feels good, when I remember that.

Love documenting how empty my palette is getting! That’s the kind of little ordinary sketch that I will love later, when I look back.

February Pages

New supplies, and mysteries, a lot of color testing Potter’s Pink, and seeking out those lavenders, February brought a mix of sketches.

This is the page that launched the lavender search. I was trying to color match the post card, and didn’t quite get the results I wanted.

I do love to sketch art supplies!

Color testing for lavenders and Potter’s Pink

Here is the great search for how to make that lavender I was going for earlier in the month. Then I had to dive into Potter’s Pink and really get a true feel for what it does!

January’s Sketch Pages

Have not done nearly what I hoped to do for the sketching, or anything else. Pandemic and lockdown continues to interfere with my ability to sketch. However, I did make a few pages, and I’m loving how what I’ve learned in Sketchbook Design is really making my pages look so much better!

I’m working with collage here, and text blocks. I do tend to favor contained spreads. I always have liked that many windows look!

The best part of these pages is how they capture the moment, and bring back the memories, which is ultimately what I want my sketchbook pages to do! I may not be participating much, but I’m learning so very much!