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From My Sketchbook: October Theme

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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’m doing is a monthly calendar, but instead of using it like a diary, I’m using it to do a daily doodle.

For the month of October, I’m going with a new theme centered around the spookiness of October.

sketchbook page of October doodles

As you can see, I usually just fill up every square in this grid, rather than just the days of the month. Stay tuned for my progress!

Terri

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

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Click here to see my February doodles

Click here to see my January doodles

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.

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

Pages From My Sketchbook

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I can’t believe August is almost over, which means summer is winding down around here. I illustrated a new theme for my sketchbook page of September doodles – the woods – since we will be hiking more again. I’m excited to fill it with doodles of things and creatures you might find in the woods.

sketchbook page for september doodles

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

sketchbook page fresh cut swirls sketchbook page fresh cut inspiration

Other pages I’m working on these days.

sketchbook page shell frame in progress

sketchbook page: sunflowersHappy drawing!

Terri

From My Sketchbook: August 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’m doing is a monthly calendar, but instead of using it like a diary, I’m using it to do a daily doodle.

For the month of August, I went with a new theme centered around the beach since we made a couple trips to local beaches in August. I really love how this turned out!

sketchbook page of august doodles

I know, the month of August isn’t over yet. I think having a theme got me more excited to keep going, so I ended up finishing this page early. And I filled in each square on my grid, instead of limiting myself to just the days of August.

Stay tuned for the next month of doodles!

Terri

Click here to see my January doodles

Click here to see my February doodles

Click here to see my March doodles

Click here to see my April doodles

Click here to see my May doodles

Click here to see my June doodles

Click here to see my July doodles

From My Sketchbook: August Theme

| terriaw

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’m doing is a monthly calendar, but instead of using it like a diary, I’m using it to do a daily doodle.

For the month of August, I’m going with a new theme centered around the beach since we’re planning a couple trips to local beaches in August.

sketchbook page for August doodles

Stay tuned for progress!

Terri