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A Peek Into My Sketchbook

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I had quite a bit of waiting time this week, so I worked in my sketchbook while I waited. It always makes the time go by faster.

I showed you this leaf page before but I wasn’t happy with it. Teri suggested that I add a darker value to the background and it was an excellent suggestion. I like the end result much better.

The rest of these were all done in the same manner with soy wax and paint first. Then once the soy wax is removed, I add in more color. So it is easy to work on when I’m waiting as all I need to do is add in whatever color I’d like. It’s kind of mindless but keeps you occupied. Hope you all have a good weekend.

Playing in my Sketchbook

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I always take my sketchbook with me when I travel and I recently took a trip to the east coast. These are a few of the pages that I worked on during my travels.

The top two were rusted already and I added the blue. The other two colorful ones had a layer of paint and soy wax and I added a bit more color to them, filling in the areas that were white from the soy wax. And the last one is a sketch I did at my sister’s house. This is a seed pod from a Sweetgum tree. We don’t have them in Montana so I picked up one on my walk and sketched it.

These two I did at home. I like the one on the right but I’m not so sure about the one with leaves. And thanks Teri for your suggestion of adding some black pen. Hope you all have a good weekend.

Soy Wax on Paper

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When my local group did soy wax a couple of weeks ago, I did quite a few prints of soy wax on paper. These are just a few of them.

Leaves

This one was a basic leaf shape.

Purple and Green Circles

And this was a variety of circles. I used Dye-na-Flow paints to color the page after the soy wax was applied.

Rows of Circles

After the paint has dried, I ironed the paper between scrap newspaper to remove the wax. Then I like to add colored pencil as I have done with the design above. I’m not sure if this one is finished or not but it might be. Probably needs a bit darker values in there somewhere though. Hope you have a good weekend.

I Painted All Day

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I painted all day long today. Unfortunately, I painted this:

New Garage Freshly Painted

It’s our new garage. Previously, we housed the boat in a tent. We were always having to scrape the snow off the roof of the tent so it wouldn’t collapse and the tent was falling apart. So we had a new garage built and I said “Oh we can paint it ourselves.” What was I thinking??

Garage and House

So here it is from the other side. We got paint to match the house and painted the walls. I still have to paint the trim and the door. The garage door is being installed tomorrow. And oh, I almost forgot, the floor is wooden so we got this special waterproof decking stuff to paint on the floor. So we have to prime the floor and then do two coats of the decking stuff. What fun.

sketchbook Feathers

But I did add a couple of sketches to my sketchbook this week. These are three different types of feathers that I found on my morning walks.

sketchbook pine cone cropped

And here’s a pine cone that has been sitting on the windowsill for a while. I have hesitated to sketch it since it is a bit complex but I bit the bullet. And I really like how it turned out. Have a great weekend. And if you’d like to come help finish painting the garage, I would love for you to come and visit!

Poppies in my Sketchbook

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I started on a new sketchbook recently. I painted quite a few background pages. That always helps me to get over looking at a white page and wondering what to do. The colored pages seem to give me ideas of what should be on them. So this first page needed some poppies.

Sketchbook - Poppies

I found a photo online that I used as inspiration and drew the poppies, outlined with black pen and painted with Inktense pencils. I love poppies and drawing flowers is always fun. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!