Day 4 – Portrait Possibilities

Possibilities – Morgan

Off the Cuff – Pope Francis

Remarque Paperworks

Day 4 of the art posting challenge, which is to post 3 pieces of work each day for 5 days and to nominate another artist each day to do the same! Today, I nominate Kelly Brown to join in the fun.

Looking through older work clearly shows how different projects require different things. Today I post three portraits, one done for love, one done as an editorial illustration, and another done as a sketch for a greeting card design. Vive la difference!

Day 3 – Watch Your Step!

Andrew

Bob

Me

 Day 3 of the art posting challenge, which is to post 3 pieces of work each day for 5 days and to nominate another artist each day to do the same! Yesterday I nominated Carole Hennessy and today I nominate Adriana Gasparich.

We've had our share of trips to emergency rooms and hospitals.  I find drawing to have a calming influence on me.

Day 2 –Food Glorious Food!

Eggs

Green Tea and PB&J

Fig Compote 

Day 2 of the art post challenge – Today I challenge Carol Hennessy!
The  PB&J and the Fig Compote are from my sketchbook and are about 5.5 x 6.5 . The Eggs are larger, about 16 x 14.

Happy New Year!

Brown Day

Winter Light

On the Road_Winter

It looks like 2015 will be different kind of year. As the old year ends I usually revisit the year's projects and challenges but 2015 begins with a review and challenge! Andrew Banks Illustration & Photography nominated me for the sharing artwork challenge which is to post 3 pieces of my art each day for 5 days, and to nominate another artist each day to do the same.
This is day #1 and today I nominate Pat Southern-Pearce.

Déjà Vu! On the Road Again

We spent Thanksgiving in San Francisco and celebrated our twin grandsons' first birthdays. Not a lot of time to sketch but here are some quickies I managed to do.

Airports and airplanes are great for people watching and therefore always fodder for my sketchbook! The note in the corner is from Frances Belleville's new book 

Sketch!: The Non-Artist's Guide to Inspiration, Technique, and Drawing Daily Life - a good read.

There's nothing quite like walking along the Pacific coast – breathtaking both literally and figuratively!

I decided to number the pages in this travel sketchbook. I'm keeping  an index on the first page and will fill it in as I go along. HA! just noticed I didn't number these last two pages. That's next on today's "to do" list.

On the Road Again

Freedom Tower sketched from the New Jersey ferry dock.

The Statue of Liberty on a damp and rainy day.

These sketches were done on a quick road trip to New York and New Jersey with my daughter and two granddaughters. The main point of the trip was for my niece's baby shower but we squeezed in a little sightseeing too. 

We drove straight through from Chicago to New Jersey but on the way home we divided the trip in half.  I think the girls watched three movies, played countless games and listened to Taylor Swift so many times that "Welcome to New York" is still running through my head! It was chaotic, crazy and great fun! 

On the Road with Good Intentions

Our yearly trip to Sarasota and Longboat Key, Florida, for business and a visit with family always inspires me to say, "Yay! I'm going get a lot of sketching done!" You would think after fifteen (or is it twenty?) years I'd learn! So here are my usual airport sketches and only one "Florida" sketch. It was still a good time!

The following weekend I hopped in the car for a road trip to New York and New Jersey. I'll post those meager sketches soon.