March Sketchbook '14

Wow, March is pretty much over already! Time goes by so quickly. Anyway, here are this month's sketches.  

onward and upward,

Bethany

Grey paper sketches

I had several possible projects for today, all of which got hung up at one point or another. So, here are a few sketches I did in the grey paper sketchbook Jon got me this week. I haven't worked in grey paper for who knows how long. Using white as the dominant color is an interesting change of process. Plus, it's a good way to use up those white pencils that never see any action!

onward and upward,

Bethany

March skill building : (More) Mountains and musicians

A few musician studies and some more mountains for that painting I mentioned last month. I'm finally getting closer to actually starting it!

onward and upward,

Bethany

Car sketches

This post is all about the idea, not the final product. I decided back last August to start keeping sketchbooks in the car and sketch in them while riding in the passenger seat. Needless to say, 98.7% of what gets drawing in my car sketchbooks is ugly, which is why I haven't shared them till now. But the idea of sketching as much as possible is something I've been trying to be more disciplined about. Plus, drawing in a moving car has it's own unique challenges. You have about four seconds to capture the way something looks before it zooms out of sight, forcing you to throw down its' basic shape as quickly and succinctly as possible. There's little to no time for details. And, since it's so hard to produce a "good" drawing when you sketch in the car, you don't get hung up on your failures.

So, here is a very small selection from my most recent car sketchbook. (Also, I don't always sketch in green crayon, I just happened to have one with me at the time.)

onward and upward,

Bethany