Sketch #13

Lotus Blossom with flame, sort of a detail from Sketch #4.

Sketch #'s 11 &12

Well, the printer and I sat down and had a come to Jesus meeting and it is now functioning properly.

So now, I'm trying to get caught back up.

Sketch #11 is a really quick sketch that I of and idea for a painting (I can assure you I'm MUCH better at blending and texture with paints than I am with colored pencils.) It's inspired by a quote from Albert Einstein...

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."

Sketch #12 is based on the silhouette of part of my head. I wear my hair in a pixie cut and sometimes it can look a little unruly...especially this time of night. The goings-on in my head can get a little unruly as well...

The sketching is on hold...

Or at least the posting of the sketches is on hold for the time being. My printer/scanner died today and along with it, my ability to scan my sketches into the computer. I haven't had the chance to see if I can resurrect it yet, but I'm hoping that I can get it to work again because I really can't afford another one right now. I might try to photograph some of my sketches, but my digital camera isn't all that great either.
So for tonight, I'll leave you with this haiku ode to my printer...

You had worked so well
Then you went and took a crap
And now I am screwed

:p

Sketch #10

I've fallen behind a bit. I've been having a lot of stress lately (who hasn't) and when I get stressed my natural response is to sleep, so I haven't really felt like staying up late and sketching at night. I missed a night...and then another...and before I knew it, nearly a week had gone by and I found myself thinking "maybe I should just quit". So I asked myself why and I got a bunch of answers back like "really it doesn't matter it's just another stupid thing you're doing", "you don't have enough time", "this is silly", "your sketches really aren't that good", "everybody probably thinks you suck", and so on. None of the answers were good reasons to quit. I had to remind myself that I'm not doing this for anybody else and it doesn't really matter if people think that I suck...maybe they do and maybe they don't. The point of this exercise (for me anyway)is that nobody ever improved in anything without practice and creativity breeds more creativity. So yeah, I'm a little behind at this point, but I'm not quitting.

I also think got a little bored with just graphite. I think in color. I dream in color. My life is all about color and sometimes it's hard for me to translate my ideas into just graphite and paper. So, I went through my art box this weekend and I found all of my paints and pastels and crayons. Seeing them again gave me that warm fuzzy feeling. I missed them.

Here's sketch #10.

Sketch #9

"To Ronald Bilius Weasley, I leave my Deluminator, a device of my own making, in the hope that when things seem most dark, it will show him the light."

- Rufus Scrimgeour, The Deathly Hallows, Part 1

Sketch #8

I felt like drawing angel wings...so I did.

Sketch #7

I've made it a week. Woot! Here is today's sketch. The inspiration for it flashed before my eyes today just as I was getting out of the shower. I see it more as a painting than a sketch. There should be more texture and the values don't quite do the color dynamic that's in my head justice. But for a sketch, it'll have to do.