I have completed the first 2 pages of my sketchbook with the exception of a little round sign on the inside cover that I intend to fill out once my book has been completed and is otherwise ready to mail. May this image bring you as much joy as it does to me:
The Sketchbook Project 2018: Pages 1 & 2
Pages 25-26 of my Cut-Up Sketchbook:
May 22nd:
I colored an existing creature design.
May 21st:
This was an extremely quick sketch that I did just before bed to get an idea down on paper. I had a vision of a creature-version of mother nature where her entire abdomen is shaped like one of those woven, hanging bird nests. I haven't really nailed down the rest of the concept except that her limbs should be somewhat spindly in contrast to the rounded abdomen.
May 19th:
I'm not really happy with this one, but it's all I drew this day.
May 13th:
I fleshed out the dragon just a bit.
May 12th:
More work on Nathan's dragon drawing cut-up sketchbook page.
May 10th:
My mom's Mother's Day present: a watercolor painting of a little tree frog.
May 7th:
A little more work on the page of my cut-up sketchbook that my nephew drew the initial image on.
May 6th:
A little drawing of a fennec fox on a playing card.
April 30th:
This is another playing card that I am supremely happy with. Also, I finally figured out which type of ink works best on the playing card surface: Prismacolor marker ink. Who would have thought it? I certainly would not have imagined that Prismacolor markers would ever have worked better than India ink or permanent Sharpie on such a slick surface, but it absolutely does...
April 29th:
I outlined all of my foliage from yesterday to define it and pull it out from the background a bit. I also added a wash of watercolor to the foreground.
April 28th:
I added another mushroom and a bunch of leaves, as well as a wash of background color, to my sketchbook page.
April 27th:
I drew a mushroom. I really wanted a place to practice drawing some of the details that I want on my Mother Nature character, and I decided that my Cut-Up Sketchbook was the perfect place to do it; so I referenced one of the many inspirational photographs that I've collected on my Mother Nature board on Pinterest and put this little mushroom on the page.
April 26th:
I decided that I wasn't particularly happy with the "finished" version of this page, so I used my white opaque marker to tone down the dark colors in the background of the image.
April 22nd:
Back to cards again. I'm extremely happy with this one.
April 19th:
I pretty much just colored this card. It was all that I was in the mood for.
April 18th:
I kind of love how the watercolors worked out on this card.
April 17th:
Back to drawing on cards. I'm pretty happy with this one.