Sketch journal May 2023
May 2023 brought more color into the sketchbook. I used watercolors a lot. And here, I made another template – round thumbnails! Why not? The exercise here was pairing colors. And then I felt...
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Sketch journal April 2023
We went to France in April 2023 to visit Sam’s daughter who was in pastry school there. Instead of taking my chunky book, I took some paper in a folder and some pens. I...
Sketch journal March 2023
I sketched a lot of rocks. There are a lot of rocks here, so a readily available subject. This drawing shows snow on the rocks – that black and white contrast that I really...
Sketch Journal February 2023
This drawing of my left hand may be my favorite in the whole sketchbook. Hands are notoriously hard to draw, but this really does look like a hand. It’s got a sketchy quality and...
Sketch journal January 2023
The first drawing came from copying something I liked – I can’t remember where I copied this from. I should have made a note on the page. I like the simple graphic nature of...
2023 sketch journal
I’m hesitant. But I want to. Look at the sketch journal, which turned out not to be a sketch journal, but lots of experiments in different media and approaches. It’s all over the place....
January
I got a new idea. Instead of kicking off the new year on January 1st, I’m going to take the whole month of January to set the stage for 2024. My holidays were out...