Marsha, Jane, Peggy, Danita, BarbSo, Bev, Hugh, Laura, Pat, Sandy, Daisy.Marsha is busy celebrating Spring, and a line drawing, too!Jane’s still playing with numbers – she plans on stopping at 9, however.Danita’s finishing up her sketches inspired by Sketchbook Revival. Wow!BarbSo;s light hand with watercolor is perfect for Spring!Bev is finishing up work from Sketchbook survival, too – lovely graphic effects.Hugh is back to sketching what he sees around him – near Boise Idaho!Laura’s work is inspired by Sketchbook Revival, too.Pat’s sketches are all inspired by her sketch trip to Taos, New Mexico. Vey lively!SAndy’s back in the coffee shops near her in the Boise area – charming!after a quick neighborhood flower survey, Daisy was back in Taos with a final sketch of what she called a “Sound Map” of what she heard from her room there! WOW.
Sketchbook Revival is a free series of short presentations designed to jump start your creativity. Many of the Top Drawers participated in it this year to varying degrees depending on their interest levels.
April 1, 2022, TD Zoom #68
Here’s who showed up to share their work from this past week: Marsha, Jane, Hugh, Pat, Danita, Barb So, Peggy, Daisy, Sandy, Bev, Laura, & Bitty.Bitty was totally oblivious to Sketchbook Revival, because she was out in the field (so to speak), busy recording what she saw. Lovely watercolors! Laura, on the other hand, was seriously into SR, from collage to finding characters in blobs of watercolor on the page – she got into it with zest!Bev couldn’t resist doing a local scene sketch, then got into the SR prompts, too. Fun!Meanwhile, Sandy is still busy capturing local scenes in the Boise area – enchanting! Here are some scenes from Hugh’s viewpoints.Back to Sketchbook Revival prompts – Daisy had a blast with them!Peggy is still out communing with the trees, which get better each time. Way to go!BarbSo enjoyed doing the prompts, too, even the lovely ballerina.Danita decided she didn’t like her first person-with-dog, so she tried it again & again!Meanwhile, Pat was still back revisiting scenes from the Taos sketch trip – charming!Jane was totally off in her own world of playing with numbers.
Marsha claimed she didn’t have anything publishable, but the webmaster disagrees.
Marsha, Jane (who came late), Pat, Peggy, Danita, Bev (who declined to share for publication – what a perfectionist!), Laura, Daisy, and Tricia who left early.Daisy got caught up in Sketchbook Revival mini-lesson challenges – wow!Here are Danita’s responses to the lessons.Jane had a good time following & not following instructions (such a rebel).Laura really got into including flowers in her work this week.Here are Marsha’s lesson responses (love that bloom!).Pat is still responding to our sketch trip to Taos – lucky us!Peggy’s use of yellow gives us all hope for Spring!Tricia captured some of the lovely lines of Taos.
Mar. 18, 2022, zooming from our homes after the return of many who wenton Ken O’Connell’s “The Spirit of the Sketch” workshop in Taos, NM
Pat, Jane, Marsha, Sandy, Barbara, Danita, Hugh, Laura, Tricia, Bev, Peggy, Daisy.Pat really go into the spirit at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House, & Ghost Ranch.Despite frequent naps due to the change of altitude, Jane loved doing these sketches.Sandy flourished in the snowy site, as her sketches show.Hugh found a timesheet book to sketch in, had a blast in Taos!Laura found herself fascinated by the designs found everywhere.Tricia packs a lot into her large page spreads – nice!Daisy’s sketchbook was smaller, so she did 2 page spreads to get all the details Daisy’s sketchbook was smaller, so she did 2 page spreads to get all the detailsBitty wasn’t on the sketch trip, but her own SW trip – super landscapes!Marsha kept getting photo sent to her from Laura for virtual sketching with us!Peggy was on a remembrance trip, with a sunflower in support of the Ukraine.Bev continued the sunflower theme, along with random sketches! Barb So didn’t go on the trip, but stayed home to capture hints of Spring!
Every once in awhile, someone will look up & show their work, or ask for input (should I add color or leave it just inked?). The fun part will come on Friday when we zoom again and share what we’ve sketched!
Jane, Danita, Peggy, Marsha, Bitty, Rita, Pat, Daisy, Laura – artists working!
