A new look, sketches and other fun stuff

Today I did some housekeeping on this blog and I gave it a new look.  I didn’t intend to but I was adding another blog, (more on that in a bit) and one thing led to another.  I added Social Media links and some other things.  If you get a chance let me know what you think.  I’ll probably add more but in the meantime, I changed the template to something a little more feature rich.

“Into the woods…” 9×12 Mixed Media Collage Today’s Sktchy is taking yesterday’s collage to another level.   This took a few steps so in between I was working on the blog. 


The new blog I was working on is for International Fake Journal Month (IFJM) in April.  On that blog I will be posting as an alter ego for just the 30 days of April.  Check it out, it’s usually lots of fun.  Last year I was writing as an ancestor of the “real” Cinderella.  

You can find the IFJM posts here…..

https://talesfromtheplants.wordpress.com/

Lastly, there is a new cupcake place in town.  I did a quick sketch there and enjoyed a cup of coffee.

Sketch night and today’s Sktchy

I am taking Carla Sonheim’s year long inspiration workshop.  Today’s prompt was sandpaper collage….so I did a sketch and I left the hat, scarf and shirt undone….I was going to do all of these items with collage but then I changed my mind.  The background is so “busy” that I needed something less patterned….so I changed to painting the hat and shirts and just left the scarf collaged.


Tonight was also sketch night and the theme was  “toys.”  I did the old Dolly Dingle Doll we had here and the little rubber ducky tucked next to her.

Today’s sketches….

Playing a lot of catch up…..

This is a sketch that I just did at Barnes & Noble and I see that on my haste to move on to something else, I forgot to date this so I will do that now….both subjects were pretty stationary so I was able to easily draw them.

Below is today’s Sktchy….

#87 “Which came first;  the chicken or the cat” I used this inspiration to try out some new stuff in my sketchbook.  I only have a few pages left to finish in this sketchbook before it goes up on the shelf with the others.  This is pen & ink, acrylics and watercolor.


Below are some lettering exercises….I left the napkin on the table at Barnes and Noble….maybe someone will like it or maybe it will get tossed in the trash.

This one with the blue-green watercolor was written with a brush…..

Something from my morning pages…..some more lettering “play.”

Today’s sketch

National Puppy Day….most of my gear is packed in the trunk of the car so I did this with what I had with me…..the more we travel with our Chihuahuas, the more I wish we had an RV.

This is very loosely done….we just checked into our hotel a short time ago and I need to get some sleep before our final leg to NY.  I wanted to make sure I got my daily Sktchy done, we were packing and running around cleaning the Florida house before we hit the road…. At least the woman, who’s reference photo this pup belongs to, likes the sketch!