Saturday, June 15, 2013

U is for...

U is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper

T is for...

T is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper

S is for...

S is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper

R is for...

R is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper

Q is for...

Q is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper

P is for...

P is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper

O is for...

O is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper

N is for...

N is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper

Friday, June 14, 2013

M is for...

M is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
M is for marshmallows, meal, million, milk, music, and mint.

L is for...

L is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
L is for lace, lapel, lemon, lime, love letter, lucky, and lids.

K is for...

K is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
K is for kite, kilt, kimono, knocker, keyhole, and kettle.

J is for...

J is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
J is for jacks, jacket, jump rope, jar, and java.

I is for...

I is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
I is for ice tray, island, ivy, initials, and idea.

H is for...

H is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
H is for hat, hearts, hammer, helicopter, and handle.

G is for...

G is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
G is for giraffe, go, gift card, and granola.

F is for...

F is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
F is for football, fruit, foot, fleur de lis, footprint, flag, flip flop, and fly swatter.

E is for...

E is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
E is for earphones, evergreen, egg, eyelet lace, eucalyptus, and elephant.

D is for...

D is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
D is for dragonfly, doorway, denim, dunce, dress, dishes, and decoration.

C is for...

C is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
C is for collar, cookie, clock, crayon, cord, clown, cross, comb, corner, and covered dish.

B is for...

B is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
B is for bees, books, bottle, boot, beetle, block, bird, and button.

A is for...

A is for, pen and watercolor on 90 lb. mixed media paper
A is for alphabet, arrow, Abe Lincoln, argyle, alligator, apples, ant, airplane, and axe.

Alphabet Book Number 2

A while ago, I started filling another small sketchbook with rough line sketches corresponding to letters of the alphabet. This is my second book of its kind. This time through, I drew all the pages in black ink before I started painting any of them. I gave myself some rules for this sketchbook. No pencil pre-drawing at all. I drew quickly and directly with indelible black ink so that I would not be tempted to fuss the drawings too much. I also did no research about what things actually look like. I relied on my memory alone. This was a challenge for me because I feel like I can draw anything as long as I have a good snapshot of it, but I can't draw anything well without some tangible reference material. I pushed myself to draw from memory. It was a great exercise. Of course, some of the drawings are pretty bad. But, some are pretty okay. :) I also enjoyed decorating the pages with designs inspired by my lifelong fascination with fabric, embroidery, and lace. I tried to follow a color scheme for each page. I didn't always succeed, but it was a good challenge to think ahead of what the overall page would look like after it was painted. As a child, I loved coloring books. This sketchbook felt like my grown-up coloring book, except I actually got to choose what went on every page. I'm not sure how many times I could do this, since I tapped out several letters. How many Q and X words are there really? Here is the inside of the front cover, with a reminder to myself of the rules I set for this book.
Alphabet 2 Rules

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Every Day in May Wrapped Up

I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of drawing and painting every day in May. I'm going to miss it! I hope I can push myself to participate in art without the list of prompts!
Every Day in May 2013 at a Glance