So, this week our Sketchbook Skool teacher is one of my all time favorite artists. I discovered Andrea Joseph’s blog a several years ago and have been enthralled with her art ever since. I couldn’t wait for this week to start so I could watch her videos over and over. Having done that throughout this…
Sketchbook Skool
AEDM Day Fourteen
It’s late in the day and I’m totally behind in my art. But at least I GOT IT DONE for AEDM. I’ll have to wake up tomorrow and do a bunch of art to get ahead again (oh the horror!), doesn’t that sound like a terrible thing to be faced with? ;o) Ya, terrible. Right…
AEDM Day Twelve
Today I decided to use a very cool website called All About Birds. There you can look up any bird and get information all about it. I Googled British Columbian bird species and then looked them up on the website. I decided to draw up a Swallow and a red-breasted Nuthatch. Don’t you just love…
AEDM Day Eleven
Tomorrow is Remembrance Day and I decided this would be a good time to paint up the poppies that I’ve wanted to do for ages and ages. I did an amalgam of four poppy photographs and used the background from the full blown poppy. I know that this year, here in Canada, Tuesday will be…
AEDM Day Ten
Wow, ten days in a row doing art for Art EveryDay Month. I do love Novembers full of creating. Today I really did a lot of homework, although calling it homework feels weird because it was pure joy painting up these pages. My plan in the next twenty days is to finish my watercolor Moleskine (5.5″x8.5″)….
AEDM Day Eight
This was such a fun drawing for me. I’m really trying to loosen up my style and I think I’ve hit on something I love. I can’t believe I can finally say that I think I’m finding my own style, FINALLY!!! YAY! It’s been a long road of not knowing what my art should look…
AEDM Day Two
So far, so good! Second day of AEDM (Art EveryDay Month at Leah’s blog, Creative Everyday). I’ve find myself so inspired by our latest teacher in SBS, Brenda Swenson. I’m really actually loving the process of “Seeing” what’s in front of me and putting pen to paper and doing a quick contour drawing. My enjoyment of…
Doing Selfies Makes Me Feel Vain!
I have to admit, I’m kinda glad that “selfies week” with Koosje Koene (Sketchbook Skool) is coming to an end tonight. I haven’t done the full seven selfies that I was supposed to do, but I’ve done enough to officially say I will continue to do portraits of other people so I can improve my skills….
Uncle Bob & Other Stuff
My uncle Bob has recently moved here to Nanaimo so he’s nearer to us. It’s lovely having him so much closer, we get to see him much more often than we did when he was in Victoria, over two hours away. This week I’m doing selfies but in fact, I’m using the time to…
Sketchbook Skool Has Started AGAIN!!
YAAAAAAY! I’ve missed having assignments, homework and new ideas being thrown at me. The last three months have been tough so being able to start learning and doing art again is such a relief. This time the course is called “Seeing” and the teachers are Danny Gregory, Koosje Koene, Liz Steele, Brenda Swenson, Cathy…