Sketch and new skill acquired

Since I already posted a sketch yesterday, I didn’t post this sketch that I did at Starbucks yesterday evening.  I was trying some different things in tbis sketch.

This evening I took a class at the library and I FINALLY learned how to make a sketchbook with the Coptic Stitch.  That was a big bucket list achievement for me.  I am pretty excited about it.  Here is the book….


Finally, I downloaded my top 9 of 2016 for Instagram.  I did pretty well, my favorite sketch of the 9 was the 99 Red Balloons.

Today’s sketch

I have been up to my eyeballs with holiday activities and I have been really lax on my posts.  I have a lot of sketches to post and I will be following up shortly with my other sketches.  I just wanted to get this out this evening before midnight….lol.  I did this early this morning with my morning pages…I have been trying to fill up a few sketchbooks before the end of the year.  For some reason I started to do a bunch of snowmen and this one was my favorite….it was done with a Bic pen and Tombow markers.

Merry Christmas Eve!

Some sketches from the past few days.

For the past couple of days, I have been working on some projects in my studio.  Plus, we have been pulling bins and bins of decorations out.  On top of this,  I have a whole checklist of things I need to do before Christmas that I have made a huge dent in since my last post.    I have finished my commissions.  I  sent my Christmas card off to be printed and received them back and I already mailed them out!!! I only have some odds and ends left to pick up as gifts.

What’s left is a few more items in my “to do” list but I am very happy with what I have accomplished so far.

I have some sketches I have done over the past few days that I haven’t posted yet, so I am posting them all at once.