This weeklong page was not inspired by anyone. Just something I sat and did. I liked the last sepia page so I drew the angel is sepia and just left it so. I hadn’t planned on coloring her but I never know what direction these pages take until I start playing during the week.
Here it is empty:
This is the week I was so obsessed with angels. She started it:
Little by little, this page completely morphed.
here’s the left page:
And the right side:
And here’s the filled page:
I just loved how organically this one changed. Little bit at a time. Color here and there. And while there are bits I don’t adore, I love the page.
Weekly Art Journal is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. And you can find out more about the weeklong daily journaling here.
Here are the sketches from this week. Still experimenting and trying a wide variety.
On Wendesday, I made my own version of this tree.
then colored it.
that one took forever!
On Thursday, I had little time and wanted to do a quick one so I picked this girl.
and colored it.
on Friday, I tried to sketch from a photograph, so I went for a lizard.
on Saturday I made my version of these sketched houses:
And then I did this bird.
Sunday, I made this awesome tree and bird, though mine is “cleaner”.
Monday, I did this girl. I don’t like how it turned out but I sketched and that’s what matters:
later that day, I did another girl.
and Tuesday I made this face:
And here we are. six weeks and counting.
Catalyst One Hundred and Thirty-One is: Describe (or show) yourself at this point in your life.
Journaling Reads:
It might not be sexy but what I feel more than anything at this moment is so very content. I feel like I am full of peace and joy but I also feel calm. I feel my career, my family, my art, and life in general are exactly where I wish them to be at this moment. And I do not take that for granted for a second. I work out daily. I spend time with my kids. I do all my work and fulfill my obligations. But I also know I am so lucky. And things will change. Tougher times will come. So I celebrate this moment of contentment.
Details:
And here’s another one of my weeklong pages. This one was inspired by a stamp of flowers. I just stamped it again and again all through the bottom. Then I painted the background with blue watercolor and made a sun and that was it.
Here it is empty:
I will admit that I wasn’t a fan of this page. Kept wanting to do more with it but had no ideas. Felt a little bummed but went with it anyway. Once I started filling it, however, I loved it.
here’s the left page (love that photo of my boys):
And the right side: (I put all the sketches I made and the key from our little Santa Cruz trip.)
And here’s the filled page:
I think it turned out quite cute. Not in my top three but definitely not as bad as I feared it might be when I made the empty page.
Weekly Art Journal is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. And you can find out more about the weeklong daily journaling here.
I’m still sketching daily here. I’ve been experimenting a bunch more this week some hits and a bunch of misses. But I keep at it. It will get better with time and practice. I really believe it.
On Wendesday, I wasn’t feeling it but I decided to try this lovely bowl of butterflies and here’s my version.
don’t love it but I am still happy I tried and then on Thursday I drew another girl from Charlie Bowater: this girl. Simple but I love it.
on Friday I went back to Andrea who is amazing with this wooden doll. I did it in graphite.
then colored it:
on Saturday I made two. I found a sketcher who had thisSultan Ahmet Mosque:
And then I did this girl.
that night, I noticed her left eye was way off and tried to fix it.
Sunday, I picked this girl:
Monday I tried something from a photo of the view master.
and Tuesday I did one from Andrea: beets:
and colored:
and did another quickie one from a photo. not great but still, I tried macaroons:
And here we are. On to more sketches.
And here’s another one of my weeklong pages. This one was inspired by Rebecca Sower sort of. This piece but not really exactly. I still want to do that at some point, too. Anyhow, I just put some fabric together and made a heart.
Here it is empty:
I sprayed some color using sprays and then used baby wipes to gently wipe it around the page.
here’s the left page:
And the right side:
And here’s the filled page:
I love all the variety in all the pages from week to week. This is still definitely one of my favorite projects of all time.
Weekly Art Journal is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. And you can find out more about the weeklong daily journaling here.
I’m still sketching daily here. I’ve been experimenting a bunch more this week some hits and a bunch of misses. But I keep at it. It will get better with time and practice. I really believe it.
On Wendesday, I wanted to draw from a picture so I tried to recreate this bracelet and here’s my version.
and then on Thursday I tried to make this purse and realized again that I suck at the color pencils so I tried to add water and that turned out to be a disaster, too:
I felt bummed about my disaster so I made another quick one on Thursday night based on these ballet slippers.
on Friday I wanted to do something different and something that wasn’t a lift of someone’s sketch so I used this toaster:
on Saturday I went back to Andrea’s sketches. I did one half of this side mirror:
And then I did another quickie one based on this sketch of sleeping lovers. Not a huge success.
Sunday, I picked the journals by Andrea:
Monday I discovered Charlie Bowater and fell in love with the girl on a swing.
and Tuesday was another girl:
And here we are. Some experimenting this week. I am still enjoying the process even though some of my sketches make me cringe and I feel discouraged and frustrated more often than anything else, I am still really enjoying this process a lot!
And here’s another one of my weeklong pages. This one was inspired by Dina Wakley. This piece specifically. I love Dina’s pages so much.
Here it is empty:
I made my stars using the Parisian Anthology line from Pink Paislee which is perfect since it has built-in resist.
here it is, closer up on the left side:
and the right side:
And here’s the filled page:
I love all the color on this page.
Weekly Art Journal is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. And you can find out more about the weeklong daily journaling here.
Last week was more of sketching Andrea Joseph’s last sketches.
On Wendesday, I decided to try my hands at color with these buttons and here’s my version.
and then on Thursday we were leaving so I tried to pick something quick and I did the pajamas:
on Friday I didn’t have my book so I used a paper and sketched in the car. I did the shoe:
on Saturday I wanted to do something a bit more involved and it ended up being too hard. This guitar:
Sunday, I picked the minibus:
Monday had to be easy since I had so much work. So I picked a banana.
and Tuesday was a pair of shoes in a box:
I have good and bad things to say about each but most of all I am just happy I am still sketching daily. I did one yesterday too and it wasn’t one of Andrea’s and it’s not so great but that’s ok. What matters is that I am doing it and doing it every single day.
Here’s to more and more sketching!
And here’s another one of my weeklong pages. This one was inspired by Christy Tomlinson. This piece specifically. I pretty much copied it to the best of ability. (Though I still like hers better.)
Here it is empty:
I put tissue paper all over the background. Painted, and then did my dress on top.
here it is, closer up:
It was quite hard to write on it with all the tissue paper so even though i like the effect, i won’t be using it again. Here’s left:
here’s one i took in progress:
And the right side:
And here’s the filled page:
I like this one. It was fun even though it was hard to write on. This is definitely one of my favorite projects of all time, so glad I discovered it.
Weekly Art Journal is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. And you can find out more about the weeklong daily journaling here.
Remember when I talked about Andrea Joseph last week? Well, if it’s at all possible, I’ve gotten even more obsessed that I was last week. I’ve been saving all the sketches she’s done that speak to me and using one a day to make my own. I am nowhere near as talented as she is but she’s the first person who inspired me this much in a long long long time. And I am deeply grateful that I am sketching daily all thanks to her.
On Friday, I decided to try my hands at this and here’s my version.
and then on Saturday I did the can of sardines:
and Sunday I tried the Adidas sneakers. Here’s the drawing:
and shaded.
on Monday, I wanted to do something less time consuming since I have work but I didn’t want to skip it, so I did the travel toothbrush:
Tuesday was all about the zipper. This one is much harder than it looks.
I have a long long way to go but I have finally found my happy place where I have her sketches to inspire me so I can really really practice. After I’ve done a whole bunch, I can venture to do things in my house but I am so in need of practice and I am deeply grateful to Andrea for her amazing inspiration. By the way, if you think she’s as amazing as I do she has an etsy shop. (I don’t know Andrea at all, just a fan.)
Here’s to more and more sketching!
And here’s another one of my weeklong pages. This one was inspired by Pam Carriker.I love her journal pages. It was also my first sepia page.
here she is — closer up:
I just added some fabric for fun. Stitched it on the page:
Since it was sepia, I decided to journal in sepia too. Here’s the left side, filled:
some details:
Right side:
some details:
And here’s the filled page:
Here’s the left page:
This is one of my favorite pages so far. I love the sepia look.
Weekly Art Journal is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. And you can find out more about the weeklong daily journaling here.
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