Tag Archives: drawing

At Play

sketches on my workbenchI’m playing- experimenting with collage, drawing,  and dyeing on silk chiffon.  It’s GREAT… though I don’t know where this is leading me…Stitching  as a drawing line

paper and fiber sketches

fiber sketches

Doodles- Happy Valentines Day!

Inspired to Doodle…

Everywhere I look these days I see wonderful art inspired by doodles…. and artists writing about being inspired by the creative spirit behind doodling.  I’ve taken this to heart…

I have joined the Sketchbook challenge to participate in January’s Month of Doodling! Here is one of the doodles I have created…

Sketch work

Sketching seems to bring out some good energy in my work.  I am hoping to keep that energy all the way through to the completed painting.  My brown dry brush lines seem loose enough, and the gutta lines are working with the drawing so far.  Still, things change fast when I begin to add color!

Sketchbook Notes

Drawing from life, I find more inspiration, and a healthy dose of humility.  My skills are  not as polished as I would like!  Still, I find that it fuels my creativity.  I have three paintings going at the moment based on this sketch- and in one of them I have begun to incorporate embroidery stitching for the first time.  Here’s the sketch…