Month: September 2015

From My Sketchbook: September Doodles

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In order to fill up more sketchbooks, which is on my bucket list for 2015, I’m having fun coming up with new drawing prompts, so I’ve been trying to sketch A LOT more lately. One thing I’ve been doing is a monthly doodle calendar, but instead of using it like a diary, I’m using it to do a daily doodle.

For the month of September, I went with a theme centered around the woods and things you might see and find in the forest, since we usually start hiking again, now that it’s less buggy in the woods around here. It’s one of my favorite subjects to draw!

sketchbook page for september doodles

I’ve never drawn some of these little doodles before, so it was a good challenge, and I’m so happy with how this turned out! Happy drawing!

Terri

Click here to see my August doodles

Click here to see my July doodles

Click here to see my June doodles

Click here to see my May doodles

Click here to see my April doodles

Click here to see my March doodles

Click here to see my February doodles

Click here to see my January doodles

First Hike of Fall

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We went on our first hike of Fall over the weekend! It felt great to be on the trails again, exploring the woods.

indian lake trail

woods at Indian Lake

Remember that old hollow tree I love so much? It’s still toppled over.

broken hollow tree

me in the hollow tree

It’s still early in the season, and we’ve had a lot of warm, sunny days lately, so we didn’t see a lot of fall colors yet.

leaves starting to turn

sweet gum trees turning color autumn leaf on the trail autumn maple leaf on the trail

indian lake Hope you’re out enjoying Fall too!

Terri

Pages From My Sketchbook

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In order to fill up more sketchbooks, which is on my bucket list for 2015, I’m having fun coming up with new drawing prompts, so I’ve been trying to sketch A LOT more lately.

I found another drawing challenge on Instagram that looked fun. So far I’ve only managed to do the “dance” prompt. I wanted to stick with my theme of nature journal drawings, so I thought of birds and their funny mating dances.

sketchbook page dance prompt

I was inspired by the daily and weekly journal pages I see other artists do, so I thought I would try that.

sketchbook journal page

But then I decided my days and weeks aren’t exciting enough to document, so I tried capturing an image that stuck with me from the week, which I really liked doing.sketchbook journal for one week

Now I’m thinking it’s more realistic for me to fill up a page a week of random doodles, which is less pressure and more fun to experiment with random ideas.sketchbook pag random doodles

I finally finished my sunflower frame, which I think I’m going to leave just like this. Once I digitize it, it will be easier to interchange hand-lettered sayings or an array of doodled birds or animals.sketchbook page sunflower frame

This is what I’m working on now – a fancy frame to resemble pressed leaves. I just need to fill in the areas around the frame.sketchbook page pressed leaves frame

This is why it always seems to take me so long to finish one page – so many ideas! Happy drawing!

Terri

Tiny Art: Week 2

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I’ve managed to keep up with creating a new tiny piece of art every day for week 2.

I’ve been experimenting with watercolors and gouache, along with Micron pens to add a few details.

Here’s days 8-14:

Art Cards Week 2 setIt was fun to experiment with watercolor and gouache washes to get a few backgrounds ready for the next week of tiny art.

Art Cards Week 3 prep

You can follow my progress on Instagram as I participate in Victoria Johnson’s project called A Little Art, where you create a tiny piece of art everyday. These tiny pieces of art measure 2.5″ x 3.5″ or scraps of watercolor paper leftover from other projects.

Happy tiny drawing and painting!

Terri

Click here to see Week 1.

A Little Art

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I started painting art cards again! I noticed on Instagram that Victoria Johnson started a project called A Little Art, where you create a tiny piece of art everyday. These tiny pieces of art measure 2.5″ x 3.5″ or scraps of watercolor paper I have leftover from other projects. So far I’ve been using watercolors and gouache, along with the occasional Micron pens to add a few details.

Here’s Days 1 – 7:

Week1I haven’t illustrated any art cards since my weekly project in 2011, so this has been a great warm up. I’m not sure I will be able to do a new piece of art every day, but it will be fun to try. Happy tiny drawing and painting!

Terri

From My Sketchbook

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I have a few new pages from my sketchbook page to share with you today.

sketchbook page sea inspired frame

A new page inspired by my weekly bouquets of fresh cut flowers.

sketchbook page inspired by fresh cut flowersI love doing pages like this, sort of like a diary or journal entry, capturing a day with doodles. I’m hoping to do more like this to document our adventures.

sketchbook page of bradford beach

Just some random doodles throughout the week to keep drawing and filling up a page. I’m working on making more marks, some swirls and flourishes in the open spaces, to really fill up the page.

sketchbook daily doodles

Here are a couple new pages I’m working on right now:

sketchbook lace framing pressed leaves sketchbook sunflower frameHappy drawing!

Terri