Geo-Metrical! , Sketchbook 7

After drawing freeform flowers for a while, I am feeling a little geo-metrical! I love this Fendi dress and was inspired to draw square groups of triangles in gray and yellow. Mmmmmm...stay tuned for more geo posts.

sketchbook 6, Draw Flowers (detail)

This is my favorite part of the sketchbook page.

Sketchbook 6, Draw Flowers

My theme this week is Draw Flowers. While flowers are definitely NOT a new subject for me (or anyone!),  I am working with pen and ink as well as watercolor. The ink will take a little of the control away from me, which will be good since I can tend to be a bit of a perfectionist. The thin nibs also lend themselves to much more detail than I can achieve with regular pens.  I want to use the watercolor as a background for the ink work.

The sketchbook pages have images from Martha Stewart Magazine July 08...I love the styling with the flowers placed in the different shaped bottles and cups. (Maybe I will incorporate that idea as well) I did some practice flowers with the ink that are on the pages too.

Sketchbook 5, Project 1

Here is another sketchbook page for the hot air balloon houses. I re-drew all of the icons with full intentions of creating a few patterns. However, after creating at work, I find that my computer situation at home is not up to par! I will have to invest in a new Adobe Creative Suite (potentially soon) and a large monitor (probably not so soon).  So, instead of getting frustrated with my Photoshop Elements that came with my printer, I want to focus on drawing and being creative! 

New theme : draw flowers- watercolor + pen and ink

Sketchbook 4, Project 1

Theme for the week: "Hot Air Balloon Houses".   Wouldn't it be nice if you could just fly your house wherever you wanted to go??? Drawn with felt tip and Prismacolor markers while daydreaming of a lovely vacation. Be looking for the rest of the first REAL weekly project...

Sketchbook3

Random sketchbook page- Peeking out from underneath the geometric layer (drawn on tracing paper) are a few magazine tears, one from the cover of an Anthropologie catalog and one from an ad that had amazing illustrations.  I love layering with tracing paper in my sketchbook. It adds so much interest and depth, and I love how the translucency intensifies when colored.

I am going back to my original blogging plan on Monday with a new sketchbook page, featuring my theme for the week-Hot Air Balloon Houses. I am trying to finish up all of the moving madness this weekend so I can have a FRESH start in a fabulous new apartment.

Sketchbook 2

Sketchbook page- The girl sleeping at the bottom is a from an image I found on the net (anyone know whose?) The hot air balloon is from a magazine ad. I watercolored the butterfly and drew the rest.

Sketch 1

My first sketchbook post! The weekly plan for this blog is to post a sketchbook page, which might be drawing only or collage with drawing. (I think that sketching only will be more beneficial then using found images...but I will see how it plays out.  I want to make sure if I use any inspirational image or artwork that I give due credit.) After I create the sketchbook page, I will work on creating motifs from the elements on the page. Then, I plan on posting a new pattern from the motifs at the end of the week.

Each week, I want to explore a new subject and also try to vary the mediums that I create the artwork from. I am hoping to push myself to create a body of work while continuing to develop as an artist.

I graduated from art school a year ago and was lucky enough to land a great job as an assistant designer at a large corporation. My job is helping me develop as a professional...but not really as an artist. This blog will help me to grow creatively.

Ok- enough about that. I probably won't write that much about myself here. I want to focus on the work.