More zombie spreads

I am to the end of this sketchbook.  I haven’t decided what the next subject matter will be however it will most likely lean toward the holidays.  Feel free to post any ideas for what you would like my holiday theme to be.  I will probably start the sketchbook this week to prep the pages, so I can start working on it.  

In the meantime, on to the last few pages here:

This page shares the spread with yesterday’s doll and are some of the dolls from our attic. They are sitting in my studio right now.  They decided that they had enough of attic life and are very content in my studio….causing trouble, no doubt.  The bear on the right is actually a beanie bear that sits on my desk.  He gets sketched a lot and now the new twist of a skeletal version.  He gets out on occasion and just recently visited the library to model for the Sketch Club.  


Below is the page with the fold closed over so you can see the spread before the pages are open.  A baby doll is on the left.  I thought it would be funny to do one in a diaper.  You can see the bear peeking through.


Below is my “normal” sketch for the day.  He seems very happy that the Shoobies are gone for the summer.  He’s back to a normal diet.  The doritos were killing his waist line.  No more junk food until May.

Mischief Part 2

Here is the doll that shares the spread with yesterday’s doll.


This is the entire spread with the tab and quote:

Yesterday evening, I went to the library to do a community art project called Celebrate, Honor, Remember.  The library staff has pieces of wood that they encourage people to paint a memorial plaque for a departed loved one, including pets. If you read the post from this past summer about my dad passing away, you’ll understand why I did the Red Baron on my dad’s plaque.


Didn’t sketch breakfast this morning but here’s my morning cup of coffee. The “frame” around some of my morning sketches means that I sketches them in my morning pages journal.

I didn’t do it….

One of my husband’s favorite quotes is “I didn’t do it and if I did, I wouldn’t admit it.”  This quote shows up frequently in my work, usually to depict Mack, our long haired Chihuahua, when he’s done some mischief and wants to look innocent.

I applied it to these two as they look like they were up to something…

Next is my breakfast this morning, sketched in my morning pages.  I drew it from memory and wrote what I ate.  I really need to work on my handwriting.  I used to have the nicest handwriting…..I will have to practice more.

Also, this fun sketch was inspired by the current Food Network magazine on my Dining Room table.  Plant a seed was an assignment in Carla Sonheim’s 365 year long prompt workshop.  The cupcake on the cover of the magazine inspired this plant.

Sketching stuffed animals at the library and library Sketch Club display

The Patchogue Sketch Club meets at our local library during the dark winter months. We occasionally sketch at a restaurant or other indoor venue in the winter, but the library has become our winter home.  The library staff members are very gracious hosts and many of the library’s visitors stop by to see what we are doing.  Winter is a good time for us to do skill building exercises like anatomy or values, or activities like making sketchbooks.

This week, we sketched various stuffed animals. Many people have them but don’t usually think of them as something to sketch, so we had quite a few people stop by this evening, curious about what we were doing with the stuffed animals.

Sketching stuffed animals is always fun.  How can you not be charmed by a stuffed beanie baby or homemade crocheted horse?  It definitely was a cute way to end the day.

I found this beanie turkey in my attic recently while doll hunting.  I forgot we had him and pulled him out for Thanksgiving.


One of my fellow sketchers brought this totally awesome crocheted horse that her mother made years ago.  I had to sketch it twice.


I have had this chubby dragon for a few years.  He sits on my bed.  I brought him out to the library.  He seemed pleased to be there.


Last but not least, here is our display of sketches at the Patchogue-Medford Library.  It is on view during the library’s hours until December 6th.  Then we’ll sketch it out for a holiday sketch display.

Sketching stuffed animals at the library and library Sketch Club display

The Patchogue Sketch Club meets at our local library during the dark winter months. We occasionally sketch at a restaurant or other indoor venue in the winter, but the library has become our winter home.  The library staff members are very gracious hosts and many of the library’s visitors stop by to see what we are doing.  Winter is a good time for us to do skill building exercises like anatomy or values, or activities like making sketchbooks.

This week, we sketched various stuffed animals. Many people have them but don’t usually think of them as something to sketch, so we had quite a few people stop by this evening, curious about what we were doing with the stuffed animals.

Sketching stuffed animals is always fun.  How can you not be charmed by a stuffed beanie baby or homemade crocheted horse?  It definitely was a cute way to end the day.

I found this beanie turkey in my attic recently while doll hunting.  I forgot we had him and pulled him out for Thanksgiving.


One of my fellow sketchers brought this totally awesome crocheted horse that her mother made years ago.  I had to sketch it twice.


I have had this chubby dragon for a few years.  He sits on my bed.  I brought him out to the library.  He seemed pleased to be there.


Last but not least, here is our display of sketches at the Patchogue-Medford Library.  It is on view during the library’s hours until December 6th.  Then we’ll sketch it out for a holiday sketch display.

Sketching stuffed animals at the library and library Sketch Club display

The Patchogue Sketch Club meets at our local library during the dark winter months. We occasionally sketch at a restaurant or other indoor venue in the winter, but the library has become our winter home.  The library staff members are very gracious hosts and many of the library’s visitors stop by to see what we are doing.  Winter is a good time for us to do skill building exercises like anatomy or values, or activities like making sketchbooks.

This week, we sketched various stuffed animals. Many people have them but don’t usually think of them as something to sketch, so we had quite a few people stop by this evening, curious about what we were doing with the stuffed animals.

Sketching stuffed animals is always fun.  How can you not be charmed by a stuffed beanie baby or homemade crocheted horse?  It definitely was a cute way to end the day.

I found this beanie turkey in my attic recently while doll hunting.  I forgot we had him and pulled him out for Thanksgiving.


One of my fellow sketchers brought this totally awesome crocheted horse that her mother made years ago.  I had to sketch it twice.


I have had this chubby dragon for a few years.  He sits on my bed.  I brought him out to the library.  He seemed pleased to be there.


Last but not least, here is our display of sketches at the Patchogue-Medford Library.  It is on view during the library’s hours until December 6th.  Then we’ll sketch it out for a holiday sketch display.

Artist pens

Here is a post for members of my sketch club who wanted more info about artist pens.  (I am not covering fountain pens because they are a totally different critter and require their own post.). If I post something without visuals, no one will read the post, so enjoy the sketches. 😂

First rule of thumb, buy a pen that contains permanent ink or your sketch will die a slow fading death…..

Bic pens are awesome to use for sketching but as anyone who has left a post it on the wall knows….Bics can fade, especially if left out in the light. They are great fun to sketch with so I usually use them in my morning pages.

Sharpie “permanent” markers are NOT permanent, so don’t get that baseball autographed with a sharpie, let alone sell a sketch that you used a sharpie to draw a subject.

One of the better inexpensive pens is the Uni-Ball Vision Fine point…the dream pen of Tommy Kane.  I was using the Copic Multiliner SP until I picked up the Uniball.  They are easier to get (no long drives to Dick Blick) and you won’t have a heart attack if you lose them because they don’t cost an arm or a leg.  They hold up to watercolor and Tombows.

There is also acrylic paint markers that is a niche that started small but now Liquitex and Winsor Newton and others have joined in.  They aren’t cheap so keep those coupons handy! Pictured are the Liquitex and Molotow.  The Molotow has been on the market for a while. Molotows are also refillable.  Not a very large selection of colors  but they have a divine neon orange.


Sharpie also makes paint pens.  The waterbased ones don’t give you a headache but the color selection isn’t so great.  The white is handy for adding highlights.

Pitt Pens by Faber Castell come in a large range of colors, sizes and are permanent, lightfast and waterproof.

Copic sketch markers are dual tipped.  Alcohol markers are not usually permanent so be aware of that when using these.

Uniball Signo White pen is awesome for white highlights.

Copic Multiliner SP is permanent and I used to use these all the time.

Gel pen by Jelly Roll. Lots of fun colors!

Tombow – lightfastness is questionable, but for sketches and things to be scanned, smooshing around with a waterbrush, they are fun!  I might have to carry these instead of watercolors!

An itty bitty zombie doll

For this much of this sketchbook, I pulled my daughter’s dolls out of the attic.  (Then I wound up in a project organizing all of it)

Here is the doll that shares the spread with the creepy Sktchy doll: (it’s an American Girl doll, also, note the Teddy Bear she is holding)


Below is what the opened page looks like. There is a “tab” page with the Teesha sketchbooks that you can either tear off or use.  I chose to use it for this sketchbook.  I put a Stephen King quote on it.