Sketchy

Just recently, I got a new sketchbook and watercolor paints because mine Koi watercolors are packed away in a box somewhere. Anyway, I wanted to get back into sketching. Just a bit of doodling here and there. My goal is to practice some urban sketching. I've been playing around a bit and I know that I just need to practice a bit more before I get the hang of it. 

So, here are a few page in my sketchbook. Well the first few pages and my only sketches so far.

Page 1 is just me testing colors of the watercolors to see what they look like. I had a set like this but there were less colors. I'm not sure if I would use all of these colors but it's good to have.

Page 2 - Naturally, I have to draw a tree first. It started off as a bit of a blob, and it's still a bit of a blob. A blob with color. I was just testing out my colors with this. And trees are one of my "go to" drawings.

Page 3 - An eye. I didn't know what to do. I just decided to play around with things.

Page 4 - A flower. My other "go to" drawing. Not really anything special about this. I really didn't know what to draw.

Page 5 - Just some buildings. This was fun and very redundant. It's not perfect and I like it that way.

Page 6 - I just did this one this morning. This is a quick practice sketch. I think I did most of it while on the phone with my best friend. It's pretty flat looking. Again, just a practice sketch. I don't normally do things like this.

Eventually, I'll improve.

D is for Doodles

I love doodling. They are imperfect and quick. I never doodle with pencil. I use my cheap ball point pens for doodling. It's okay to mess up from time to time and I, kind of, like the messiness of it all. I've decided to share some of mine with you. These are all from a year or so ago. They are a bit messy but they were fun to make. I

This is a doodle of a world my sister and I created for fun one day.

 

D is for Dion. This song (Runaround Sue) gets stuck in my head a lot.

C is for Crafting, Cleaning, and Chaos

Those three words describes my day in a nutshell. Mostly chaos and cleaning. I watch both girls, plus the neighbor girl today and it was insane. Thankfully, they weren't as bad as they could have been. They were mostly just crazy and had way too much energy.

When I got there, the girls and I started out with a craft. We made puppets. We also tried to make bracelets with Popsicle sticks...but we failed. Oh well. I was going to make cold porcelain but I didn't bring the stuff....same goes for the cookies.

Anyway, the day was crazy. I had to clean the house a million times because the girls are nuts. I'm extremely sore from the insanity of the day but thankfully it was nice enough to go outside. We all needed that.

A doodle we all did today on a poster board

Maybe I should have titled this post C is for Children instead.

C is for Cartel. This is my favorite song by Cartel