Jeannie's 2014 art video

A little fun to wrap up the year and start a new one. Best wishes.

week one

Week one in Jane's class was "designs from the garden". Not much left alive in my garden in December, but I found a rhododendron that was still green. I worked with an 8x magnifying loupe and had great fun looking and drawing.

Sketchbook designs

Here are 3 more pages from this weeks lesson. Combine realistic and stylized drawings on page. This week's theme is "from the mountains" but I found most of my objects in my yard and walking around my neighborhood. I have also experimented a bit with stamps and simple prints from pine trees.

Online Course

I've been too busy drawing to post. Working in my sketchbook, with online course by Jane Lafazio called "Designs from Life". We draw a variety of objects from life and then experiment with simplifying into design motifs. True enjoyment... focus, slow, details, bold, imagine, draw. I'll post some pages over the next few days.

more from sketchbook skool

I just finished my sketchbook skull "beginnings" class. It was a great 6 weeks. It really pushed me to keep drawing, and to try new things. One week between new lessons barely felt like enough time to explore the learnings and then I was off to something new. Even though I was eager to see the next lesson, I think I would have enjoyed having two weeks to explore and draw between the lessons. Here are a few more views from my lessons.

this is the clutter corner in my kitchen!

Sketchbook Skool

I've been taking the "beginnings" course from Sketchbook Skool. The first of 3 current offerings. I'm in week 4, and am really enjoying it. It's a six-week online course, and each week features a different teacher that uses a sketchbook in their own creative practice. I love the diversity of approaches, and am learning lots of helpful tips about sketching on the go. It's a nice change to be drawing from life (outside, buildings, natural objects, household items etc) instead of creating from my imagination. Check out their website: www.sketchbookskool.com

Here are a few of my sketches from the homework assignments:

Etsy Shop Update

New notecards and archival prints now available in my Etsy shop. All images from my Pilgrimage series of watercolor paintings of the Baha'i gardens in Haifa Israel.

bird house

Bird apartment house. watercolor and ink.

home sweet home

My home is the home of light...

tea houses

I am trying to revive my blog by posting more often, so you can catch up with all my sketchbook fun from the summer...

teacups

more sketchbook art...

Lara's garden

My neighbor moved away, but I still get to enjoy the flowers she planted in our yard.

from my sketchbook.

Spring

repeat patterns

Playing with repeat patterns from my watercolor flower drawings. The spacing in the blue pattern is more balanced because the original drawing was more square-shaped. The original pink design was more rectangular-shaped. It took forever, but I learned a lot.

another birdie

dancing among the flowers...