Sketch journal July 2023
I finished up a section of black paper with some sketches of my native plants. The pen is a white Posca marker, which made a satisfying bright white line. There is a knack to...
Author: Catherine
Sketch journal June 2023
I took a calligraphy class as a young woman in Napa California. It must have been 1978 or 1979. I wasn’t great at it, but I was motivated to practice. And I still love...
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...
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...