Sketchbook project - DONE!

I did the covers for the sketchbook over the weekend.

This is the front cover. Simple.

...and the back cover.

the last page in the book. 

I had done this a while ago (Sharpie on photographic paper)

and I thought it would be a nice & colourful way to end the book.

(Lori, i hope you get to see the sketchbook in person, but just in case you don't...)  :-)

I used to think I sucked at commitments. 

Now i realize I only suck at things I don't like doing. :-)

When it's something I love, I always get it done on time,

always meet the deadline,

and commitment issues are non existent. 

This sketchbook was a lot of fun to do,

and although i wasn't sure i'd get it done

when i saw all those empty pages at first,

it's DONE and being mailed out today!

Yay for me!

I may just need to celebrate this

by buying myself a book. :-)

I hope you accomplish all that you set out to do this week.

One thing at a time.

xoxo

Einstein - AEDM day 29

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

- Albert Einstein

a quick outline in orange marker

 

initially, i try to look at "blocks" of values... where are the darks vs the lights?

(purple & baby blue as colours)

added a bit more detail and yes, black. (Monet would not be impressed)... 

a bit of writing... and voilà.

i sometimes think of people like Einstein, or Gandhi, or Emily Carr, and i wonder what made their hearts sing, and did they follow their dreams or did they ever wish their lives were different?

Did Einstein find peace when he played the violin?

I like to think so...

sketchbook project + AEDM - day 24

Not much to say today except that i want to wish all my fellow American artists a Happy Thanksgiving, filled with food, family & friends.

Oh, and hopefully not too many dirty dishes. :-)

xoxo