The End and The Beginning

Sketchbook #79 at a glance, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.

This is a glance back at sketchbook #79 - it was fun, though I am ready for a beautiful 300 lb watercolor paper of my new Sketchbook :) It has a window in the cover and you can see my first page - sketched with the ink and new nib - to celebrate the return of sturdy paper and a nice round number 80 on the inside cover :)

Here is a link to a full view of sketchbook #79
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23173190@N07/sets/72157639539497905/

and here I will keep all pages from #80 (over 20 are filled already - I am just a bit slow on scanning :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23173190@N07/sets/72157640331567636/

January 2014: Working on a Project

This was drawn during a few days working on the project.  
Many books were taken form the library... many of them were useless... some were useful :)

 
Many interesting facts were discovered. 
 
Many hours of work... 

 
The grand finale (so far) was a mini sculpture of the Quetzalcoatlus :)  

January 2014: Treasures of the Day

Things found on the way and drawing while waiting for my appointment.

January 2013: Reminder

re-read text :)

reminder :)

January 2013: Treasures

Another page from the resketch book :)

January 2014: Daily Life

bits and pieces :)
 

January 2014: Coyote Hills

Great day - very warm. Everything is dry but still beautiful.

Here is a photos of the process:

January 2014: Neighbor

January 2014: Wishful Thinking

January 2014

When in doubt - draw what you see around you, empty your pockets and draw that too. By that time doubt is usually gone :)

January 2014: Treasures

January 2014: Treasures

January 2014: My Life Drawing Class - Dressed Up

I have to admit that these uniforms are making people funnier to draw!

January 2014: Tea Time

January 2014: Treasures of Two Very Different Days

The paper in this sketchbook continues to challenge my sense of understanding how to draw - mostly because sometimes I don't slow down before drawing. But when I do I get a very different feeling from it - as if we will be friends at the end :)

January 2014: Tree Cutters - Part 1

I was supposed to work hard on a project but the sounds was too much - even through the ear plugs it was driving me crazy. So I turned to my sketchbook and recorded the process tree cutters went through hoping that I will get a bit of extension on the thing waiting for me at the computer.
 

January 2014: Treasures

Acrylic paint - background. Gouache and markers - treasures.

January 2014: Forest Walk

Every page, every spread in this book is a bit of a surprise, sometimes - struggle as papers and ink combinations are so different that I am forced to either changing my tools every spread or sticking to the simplest pencil... So the year is not starting easy for me :) But I see the way through :)

Last Sketch of 2013 - Beginning 2014.

This is the last sketch of 2013 - Magnolias collected during a walk on December 31st.


And I got a Buddha Hand as a New Year present - lots of fun to draw! Too bad it got too moldy quickly :( I drew it numerous times - these are two I kept :)

Sketchbook #79

This is resketch sketchbook - it's a kickstarter project to create sketchbooks from all sorts of paper leftovers. 7x9", lots of different papers, none are watercolor-friendly so far but I am taping in smaller pages with WC paper to compensate. 

Fun, challenging and different - what else might you wish for the New Year?

you can read more about the resketch idea here:
resketch.org/