Tag: sketchbook

Week 37  in my yearlong sketchbook practice. 

Week 36  in my yearlong sketchbook practice. 

Week 35  in my yearlong sketchbook practice.  I accidentally took a 4 week break from my sketchbook practice.  I wish I hadn’t. In a week that was impossibly busy it seemed like the sensible thing to do. I wish I had found a way to squeeze it in but it felt like the only option.  Once the wheels came off I slippery sloped into avoidance and stuckness.  At the same time I missed it – more and more – that little part of my day and all the good things it brings me even when I don’t feel like doing it.  I got back on track last week. Lesson learned I hope, about the perils of letting go of a discipline that is working for me.

Week 34  in my yearlong sketchbook practice.  

Week 33  in my yearlong sketchbook practice.  

Week 32  in my yearlong sketchbook practice.  

Week 31 in my yearlong sketchbook practice.  

Week 30 in my yearlong sketchbook practice.  

Week 29  in my yearlong sketchbook practice.  The point of this daily exercise is to play, experiment, to try things in a small un-intimidating way. But sometimes it is still to much and it’s hard to sit down, hard to make a mark – paralysis. There are a few useful tools to get myself started – like ink splatters or a random word or color and one of my favorites is number piles. I paint a series of numbers – one right on top of another at different angles, without  much thought, and then respond to the shapes and spaces that the pile creates.  It never fails to get me unstuck and open. The square – second down on the right is a pile of 3 numbers: 187.

Week 28  in my yearlong sketchbook practice.  I love looking at other people’s sketchbooks. I have collected a some here and if you have a  favorite or your own sketchbook you feel like sharing please link in the comments – I’d love to see.

Week 27  in my yearlong sketchbook practice  (I’m working in the Adirondack mountains this week so my postings are off schedule). The closest internet spot is about 30 miles away at the homemade icecream store – not so bad right? Having a lovely time – hope you are too.

Week 26 in my yearlong sketchbook practice.  Fragments, snippets, thoughts, beginnings, experiments – I love having a library of them.  I’m almost ready to bust out of my 4 and 1/2 inch squares and try something bigger.  Bigger and maybe a sturdier substrate too – I love paper – even it’s limits – but it would be interesting to be heavier and deeper – I’m curious about it.   I’m almost ready – making time and space  for it is a little tricky right now – it might be a winter thing.