June Sketchbook Gallery
A review of the last few weeks in my sketchbooks.
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Here in the U.S. we are turning a corner on summer. The temperatures have gotten very hot and we are approaching the Fourth of July - America’s annual celebration of independence. Over the last decade, fewer and fewer of us have reason to celebrate. Regardless of the politics, this still feels like our midsummer.
I am grateful to have my sketch practice for the mental stretch and the community that comes with it. Here is a look at my last month of sketching.
Color Swatches and Charts
I tried a few different types of exercises recently. Here I did some random color mixes and made them triads with either white or buff.
I watched a video from Lynsay Green about building a palette and exploring how colors interact with each other. I tried the exercise in my own way in one of my big sketchbooks.
Here’s a link to the video:
En Plein Air
I’ve had a bunch of days sketching outside. It takes a different set of coordination skills, but I’m settling into it.
My back yard
Artists in the Garden - sketching with friends at the Green Bay Botanical Garden
The Marys
So I guess she gets her own section now. I’m obsessed with how Americans display her - it’s all very kitsch.
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A year ago I wrote this post about building my art practice and backing into sketchbooks.
A few months later I published my first Sketchbook Gallery
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Love the room with weightd for lifting (pardon my french :)) and one from botancial graden!
(I think your zine must have been lost on the way, it would have been delivered by this time I think, I am sorry!)