It’s Lips
a whole sketchbook page of lips While I’m working on the next sheet of stickers and a floral alphabet, I had a day last week where I just wanted to practice drawing something a little
Folk Hearts, Berry Shades
folk art heart motifs in colored pencil Happy New Year!!! It’s been a relaxing one for us this year. I’ve been preparing for 2024 by doodling some folk art hearts under a nice cozy blanket.
Smoke and Air
colored pencil over watercolor This past week, my sketchbook has been centered around a palette of rosy neutral colors, and some of my favorite blue-greens. Above, I drew a pretty true-to-life image of a vintage
Bathers
watercolor and gouache sketch The end of the summer, around the time when kids normally return to school for classes, has always felt particularly nostalgic to me. Maybe it’s because my birthday sometimes landed right,
Wildlife, Cabana Colors
pheasant and landscape sketches, gouache Last week, I spent a couple of hours working with the same palette of warm, summery colors with gouache in my sketchbook. These paintings were quick and dirty, with little
Beasts & a Seat
Today’s drawing started while I was flipping through one of my favorite books: The Styles of Ornament by Alexander Speltz. This thick little number, which I found at a Boy Scout rummage sale, smells like
Green Peas
Drawing over brush tests and color swatches is one of my favorite ways to work in my sketchbook. There’s something fun about these “garbage” pages that I’ve always kind of hated throwing away – they
Bridesmaid’s Breath
I’m still loving my new-ish gouache palette. Today I have another limited-color painting from my little book of color palettes. It’s slowly filling up with little painting studies, and it’s at the point where it’s
Blue Lady
Earlier this week, I felt like practicing some portrait drawing. It ended up being this pencil sketch with a textured, monochromatic background. My inspiration was “apprehension” – the feeling that I saw in my inspiration
Gallery of Doodles
Sometimes I spend my drawing/painting practice time in my journal. This morning, for instance, I drew a bunch of berries, daisies, and greenery on this floral sketch. It decorates the inside cover of my notebook’s