I’m having fun continuing to practice, practice, practice drawing people and illustrating characters. Lately, I’ve been adding a little buddy to each of my characters, which just adds that little extra sparkle to a character’s personality and the sketchbook page.
I am also really loving working with colored pencils these days. Most of my illustrations over the years have been graphite, ink and watercolor, so it feels like trying this medium is really expanding my illustration skills.
Capturing the essence of my day with a new sketchbook project – pages from book 2, started April 1, 2020. (most current sketchbook page on top) Sometimes it’s just a drawing of what I saw today, and sometimes it’s a drawing of a quote I want to remember.
I started a new sketchbook project for the first time in a couple years. Inspired by nature, my garden and summer adventures, this illustration project captured my 100 days of summer.
I completed a lot of drawing and illustration projects in 2016. It’s fun to see my best nine on Instagram, based on the number of likes, which includes some tiny art, animal art, watercolor experiments, and black and white drawings from my moleskin sketchbook.
I completed 44 weekly animal art illustrations (not all shown here), which is wonderful to look through. I learned a lot about drawing animals and page composition, and I had fun experimenting with a variety of watercolors.
I loved working on this weekly animal art project in 2016, and my daily doodle in 2015, so I’m not sure what to do in 2017 for a daily drawing challenge. Cheers to a better year in 2017!
Terri
It’s been nice to get reacquainted lately with one of my favorite things to do, drawing black and white illustrations in my moleskin sketchbooks with my favorite mechanical pencil and a Micron pen.
I finished the last page in my recent sketchbook (above), and started a new one (below).
In looking through my last few sketchbooks, I discovered I like to go big on the first page. I used to have such a phobia for messing up that first page!
I managed to squeeze in a little coffee shop sketching around the holidays.
Happy drawing!
Terri
In order to continue my mission to draw all the time and fill up more sketchbooks in 2016, I’ve been busy working on a new theme of drawings each week. At the end of the week, it’s nice to have lots of new drawings and a full page illustration. And I’m learning how to draw so many new things this year, which is really exciting! Only eight weeks left in this challenge.
I finished a fun series of illustrations in October for my animal art series with the theme national parks wildlife.
It will be fun to use these animal drawings for a series of illustrated maps of the national parks. Or turn them into postcards. Happy drawing!
Terri
Click here to see my Weeks 1-16 illustrations, ranging from bears to owls to whales to saltwater fish
Click here to see Weeks 17-20: Backyard Birds, Flamingos, Peacock and Macaws
Click here to see Weeks 21-25: Bugs: Neon Insects, Monarch Butterflies, Butterflies, Neon Spiders, and Moths
Click here to see Week 26: Nature is new every morning.
Click here to see Weeks 27-30: Wildflowers + Pollinators
Click here to see Weeks 31-34: Freshwater Fish
Click here to see Weeks 35-38: Backyard Wildlife
Click here to see Week 39: National Parks Wildlife
Click here to see Week 40: Elk Portrait
Click here to see Week 41: Grey Wolf
Click here to see Week 42: Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat
Click here to see Week 43: Pronghorn Antelope
Click here to see Week 44: Caribou and Moose Crossing
In order to continue my mission to draw all the time and fill up more sketchbooks in 2016, I’ve been busy working on a new theme of drawings each week. At the end of the week, it’s nice to have lots of new drawings and a full page illustration. And I’m learning how to draw so many new things this year, which is really exciting!
My theme for October is national parks wildlife, so week 44 in my animal art series features a caribou and moose.
You may have sightings of these animals in the Rocky Mountain, Denali and Glacier National Parks.
Caribou are part of the deer family so they grow and shed their antlers each year. They are the only species in which both sexes grow antlers.
Moose are known for being huge, standing at 5-7 feet tall and weighing up to 1,500 pounds. Their long legs allow them to travel through deep snow and swim in deep water. Usually solitary animals, they graze on leaves, stems, buds and bark.
Can’t wait to turn these sketchbook pages into fun new digital art! At the end of this month’s theme, it would be fun to use these animal drawings for a series of illustrated maps of the national parks. Or turn them into postcards.
Terri
Click here to see my Weeks 1-16 illustrations, ranging from bears to owls to whales to saltwater fish
Click here to see Weeks 17-20: Backyard Birds, Flamingos, Peacock and Macaws
Click here to see Weeks 21-25: Bugs: Neon Insects, Monarch Butterflies, Butterflies, Neon Spiders, and Moths
Click here to see Week 26: Nature is new every morning.
Click here to see Weeks 27-30: Wildflowers + Pollinators
Click here to see Weeks 31-34: Freshwater Fish
Click here to see Weeks 35-38: Backyard Wildlife
Click here to see Week 39: National Parks Wildlife
Click here to see Week 40: Elk Portrait
Click here to see Week 41: Grey Wolf
Click here to see Week 42: Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat
Click here to see Week 43: Pronghorn Antelope
In order to continue my mission to draw all the time and fill up more sketchbooks in 2016, I’ve been busy working on a new theme of drawings each week. At the end of the week, it’s nice to have lots of new drawings and a full page illustration. And I’m learning how to draw so many new animals this year, which is really exciting!
My theme for October is national parks wildlife, so week 41 in my animal art series features grey wolf studies.
Grey wolves are known for roaming freely in Yellowstone National Park since being reintroduced in the mid-90s. They are a pack animal that live with a close-knit crew of 4-7 wolves. It’s great to learn there are about 75 different packs in the greater Yellowstone region.
This page was fun to add some wolf tracks as a background pattern. At the end of this month’s theme, it would be fun to use these animal drawings for a series of illustrated maps of the national parks.
Terri
Click here to see my Weeks 1-16 illustrations, ranging from bears to owls to whales to saltwater fish
Click here to see Weeks 17-20: Backyard Birds, Flamingos, Peacock and Macaws
Click here to see Weeks 21-25: Bugs: Neon Insects, Monarch Butterflies, Butterflies, Neon Spiders, and Moths
Click here to see Week 26: Nature is new every morning.
Click here to see Weeks 27-30: Wildflowers + Pollinators
Click here to see Weeks 31-34: Freshwater Fish
Click here to see Weeks 35-38: Backyard Wildlife
Click here to see Week 39: National Parks Wildlife
Click here to see Week 40: Elk Portrait
In order to continue my mission to draw all the time and fill up more sketchbooks in 2016, I’ve been busy working on a new theme of drawings each week. At the end of the week, it’s nice to have lots of new drawings and a full page illustration. And I’m learning how to draw so many new things this year, which is really exciting!
My theme for October is national parks wildlife, so week 40 in my animal art series features an elk portrait. I don’t usually draw animal portraits or animals from a front, close-up view like this, so it was a good challenge.
Drawing and illustrating always makes me happy!
Terri
Click here to see my Weeks 1-16 illustrations, ranging from bears to owls to whales to saltwater fish
Click here to see Weeks 17-20: Backyard Birds, Flamingos, Peacock and Macaws
Click here to see Weeks 21-25: Bugs: Neon Insects, Monarch Butterflies, Butterflies, Neon Spiders, and Moths
Click here to see Week 26: Nature is new every morning.
Click here to see Weeks 27-30: Wildflowers + Pollinators
Click here to see Weeks 31-34: Freshwater Fish
Click here to see Weeks 35-38: Backyard Wildlife
Click here to see Week 39: National Parks Wildlife
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