Daily Doily

16 + 17/52 Weeks

1 painting:

here are some close ups (taken under tungsten light so they appear a little yellow as compared to the photo above)...

1 sketch:

1 art journal page:

(Prompt from this e-course)

 To be honest, it's been hard to keep up with this.  I'm not even halfway through yet.  I'm going to try to keep going even if it can be overwhelming at times! :)  That's why I've had to put some weeks together.

♥

P.S.  Check out my new Faber-Castell Mix & Match Studio Caddy.  Oh yeah.  I had to have it once I saw it :)  Now I'm all organized instead of having everything in seperate tins + pouches.  I really wanted this one that is filled with goodies, haha.

15/52 Weeks

1 painting (or part of a painting):

1 sketch:

1 art journal page:

(Prompt from this e-course)

Memphis Urban Sketchers @ Memphis Botanic Garden

I hadn't been back since I got married there last year :)  It was nice to be back + brought back so many sweet memories!  I want to go back + have a picnic on our one year anniversary.  Awe.

14/52 Weeks

1 painting (or part of a painting):

I prepped a birch panel to start a new painting.

1 sketch:

 *Separate post soon about Memphis Urban Sketchers this month :)

1 art journal page:

(Prompt from this e-course)

Memphis Urban Sketchers @ The Orpheum // Don Pasquale

Thank you so much to Opera Memphis for letting us sketch the dress rehearsal of Don Pasquale last night!

It was my first opera experiece. 

11/52 Weeks

1 painting (or part of a painting):

I'm still working on this one.  I got a little distracted by The Hunger Games, but I plan on getting back on track with painting this weekend.

1 sketch:

1 art journal page:

I rarely ever like my dreams.  Do you?  Mine are usually scary, embarrassing or something that I would never do in real life (and that's not a good thing, haha).

(Prompt from this e-course)

Check it out

I was featured over at Sketch and Wash today.  Kate started a new feature called share your sketchbook.  Visit her blog + say hi :) 

10/52 Weeks

1 painting (or part of a painting):

Yay!  I'm really excited about this one.  It's been a while since I've been really excited about painting + thanks to this one I am! (Did I just say really excited way too many times?) haha :) 

I've already changed it some since I took this picture.  I got rid of the camera in the bottom left (way too literal/identifiable for me) + I added a little to the top right.  I'm having fun with the collage elements + I'm thinking a lot about layering, stacking, meshing...

1 sketch:

Just a sketch of stuff on my messy desk...crappy photo + a hot pink finger nail.  Yep.

1 art journal page:

(Prompt from this e-course)

Memphis Urban Sketchers @ Confederate Park

This month we met up at Confederate Park on the most beautiful, sunny day!

Utrecht Recylced Paper Sketchbook, Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Brush Pens + American Crafts Galaxy Marker

Handbook Watercolor Journal, Winsor & Newton Watercolor Travel Set + Water Flow Brush

Moleskine Pocket Sketchbook, Design Ebony Pencil (left page) + Faber-Castell 9000 Pencils (right page)

I made three totally different sketches, haha.  I'm not sure you would guess they were all mine.  It's fun to mix things up.

8/52 Weeks

1 painting (or part of a painting):

I painted for the longest amount of time in a while.  I took out parts of the above painting that I felt needed to go + added some new.  I'm trying to decide if it is done yet.  I think I need some time away from it.  I also started a new painting.  I'm playing around with assemblage/collage on this one.  So far I've just added some fabric scraps :)

1 sketch:

1 art journal page:

(Prompt from this e-course)