I am deliberately doing things differently with this new blog, and I'd like to kick off by telling you about the 31 Sketches in January Challenge which I'm participating in, set up by my friend - and very talented artist, Palma Rea. You can find out about it here at her blog 'A Creative Journey' - and do join us if you are a sketcher.
Today's prompt is 'Draw something you can't bear to throw away, but should!' So I was out in the garden this morning - drawing this poor old wooden hand fork, which gets left outside and is on its last legs, but is so handy!
I've been doing a bit of sketching over the break too, and also catching up with my homework for Liz Steel's Sketching Now Foundations Class, which I treated myself to at the end of last year. It's excellent - lots of well thought out content, tips and demonstrations. Liz is a very thorough and conscientious teacher and I'm really enjoying the challenge. My ambition is to loosen up and get quicker and more spontaneous - and it's really working. I'm finishing things in well under half the time I used to spend :) It's also made me feel a lot more confident about sharing, so here are a couple of birds I did to remind us Spring is just around the corner! x
8 comments:
you certainly have a great talent with both the pencil and paintbrush, it will be interesting following you on your january challenge, you have done a lovely painted sketch or your first post
Lovely sketches - makes me wish I had time to improve my skills in that area!
hello Jules,
how wonderful that you are doing a sketching challenge
and that you are sketching painting faster and enjoying it
both sound like good practices.
wishing you a gorgeous 2015 ~
Delightful sketching and colouring. I look forward to enjoying more through the year.
Jules you made me smile when I read that you left your garden fork outside - I do the same thing! little hand trowels garden forks and worst of all my secateurs ( I have 3 of them ) all get left out particularly over summer. I got in the habit during the drought as there was no rain but it is a really bad habit now!
Jules, how wonderful your sketches are! Beautiful and inspirational, how I wish I could draw!
What delightful sketches!
I am so in love with all of these! I think I could have your work covering every inch of my house Jules. Fabulous!
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