The last day of Summer

Well folks, the last day of Summer came and went. Hard to believe, I know.

It was such a pleasure and inspiration to see all your sketchbook pages! Thanks for participating (and blowing it out of the water!)

I appreciated how this challenge made me bring my sketchbook with me everywhere, whether I used it or not. I think it kept my eye sharper too. So don't stop sketching

And feel free to keep posting here if you have a sketch you just can't help but share. :)

Happy fall everyone!

-amy

I'm still sketching... :)

I'm still sketching (and still enjoying it), although not one page a day.

Here's a few of my recent pages:

 

Wine Tasting...

Hello everyone! Just a quick sketch today! My hubby and I went to Barboursville Vineyard yesterday and did a little wine tasting! And while we were waiting for our lunch reservation, we had a glass of wine and I did a little sketch with some fake mini pears!

And that's it for me...I'm back to working on gradation patterns from the Language of Drawing!!
Have a great weekend!
Pat

Pat Frank - Update

I've been working on The Language of Drawing program (Ani Art Academy - Waichulis), which takes an artist through a sequence of drawing exercises. I have "graduated" to something called "Gradation Patterns."

8/25/13 - Here's what the first "Gradation Pattern" looks like... I thought I was done. But, after receiving feedback from Ani Art Academy Master Trainers, I went back to the "drawing board" so to speak!

8/26/13 - Here's my "revised" version. This one has a more "air-brushed" effect. Pretty cool since I only used charcoal & white pastel pencils!

8/27/13 - Here are some sketchbook "doodles" that I did while watching TV...

8/28/13 - At my art lesson today...we worked on applying lessons learned from the "Gradation Patterns" exercises to creating a sphere...many more of these yet to do! But I'm feeling much better about my value transitions. This is going to be so beneficial with portrait work...well, with just about anything really!!

That's it for now. More to come!

Pat

More sketches...Pat Frank

Sooooo...after several days of vacationing with my husband and some very dear friends of ours, I'm back to daily sketching. I'm shocked at how rusty my drawing skills became after just a few days!! Anyway...here's what I've done in the past several days...

8/21/13 - I found a photo of this fun sculpture on www.PaintMyPhoto.com. I have no idea what it's called or who the artist is...I just wanted to sketch it!

8/22/13 - My birthday! I spent the day doing fun things...including sketching this Bargue Plate! Then, a scrumptious birthday dinner with my handsome hubby!

8/23/13 - My sweet friend and incredibly talented artist - Carter Stuart - invited several friends and fellow artists to the river for an "art day"!! Can a day be incredibly relaxing and stimulating all at the same time? Because that's exactly what this day was for me! I discovered this antique water pump tucked in a backyard garden...and decided I needed to draw it! So, I sat down in the grass with my tumbler of red wine and began sketching. Unfortunately, my sketching session was cut short when it started raining! I rather like how the sketch turned out, though!

8/24/13 - I decided to set up a little still-life. (These are fake!) Eggs and tomato and green pepper...hmmmm...sounds like an omelette in the making to me!!

And that's it for me...see you soon.
Pat

Pat Frank - working on catching up!

Well....I've been so good at keeping up with daily sketches...until last week, that is! We had a bit of company in town last week so, with cleaning and partying, and the Jimmy Buffett concert...I've fallen a bit behind! But here's what I've been up to...

8/12/13 - Day 53 of the sketchbook challenge...my first "animal" sketch (from a photo in a book)...

8/13/13 - Day 54...also from a book photo...

8/14/13 - Day 55...from "Paint My Photo.com"...

Our company has gone home...so now I can get back to daily sketching...yay!!

I'll be back soon with more sketches....

Pat

From our beach trip - Amy Donahue

My parents rented a house in Nags Head for the week. All the kids, kids-in-law, a friend & Grammie were invited. It was incredibly fun. I did more painting at the beach than sketching, but here is what I have to show in the summer sketch book.

 

View out the window from where i sat at meal times at the beach house.

View from where I sat each morning to read my Bible. Love the way pine trees grow in sandy soil.

 

 

Grammie (kept moving). :)

 A quickie of Grammie, Mark & the chair.

I've got a lot of catching up to do... not many more weeks till the summer ends. Yikes!