Lisa's Sketchbook Page

Page Spread

Administrator — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:32:42 +0000

Power Outage

Administrator — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:27:45 +0000

A storm on Monday night knocked out our power for almost four days. I have never been without electricity at home for this long. The first thing I did was buy a new flashlight:

I found that I could do many things in limited light, like sketching. The candle in this sketch provided the only light in the room. I did not hold the flashlight over my work and being unable to see details on the page freed me up:

Another thing I did was listen to AM radio on a small “6 transistor” from the 1960s (this sketch was done in May). Just the thing for getting back to basics:

And tonight, when I came home to find the power restored, the first thing I did was plug in the computer and get onto the Internet.

Daisy

Administrator — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:14:16 +0000

Bird Blogging

Administrator — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:00:58 +0000

An afternoon at the Field Museum, sketching gulls. I set out to see how many of the gulls in the case I could sketch. After six, the page spread was filled and I was tired and stopped for coffee “and,” then did the final spread (the first spread above). I am still not sure I want to keep drawing in pen instead of pencil, but it it is cleaner and doesn’t smear, and forces me to commit to decisions in drawing, live with my mistakes, and then practice some more.

Summer Sunday Sketching

Administrator — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:23:36 +0000

After a long hiatus of sketching, I started in recent weeks as I usually do, drawing pieces of fruit and household objects. But on Sunday, I had to get out and draw something different. I found this building, apparently a Catholic school, on my way home from church in the morning, and returned in the evening to sketch it. The red part is brick, but I didn’t get to that … and so it has this gingerbread house sort of feeling instead. One of the longest days of the year helped me with plenty of lingering light at 8 p.m. The date is wrong in the sketchbook; yesterday was the 22nd of June.

Drawing Ducks by the River

Administrator — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:27:12 +0000

To be honest, these are drawings of photos I took on the banks of Salt Creek at Graue Mill in Oak Brook, Illinois. I did fill two spreads of my sketchbook while I was there, but as a novice at drawing active birds, I could not capture much.

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Bird Sketching

Administrator — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:17:19 +0000

Pencil sketches of a molting robin done at the Trailside Museum, River Forest, Illinois.

Eggplant and Pepper Still Life

Lisa — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:25:09 +0000

Acorn Squash

Lisa — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:10:14 +0000

Garlic Bread

Administrator — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:56:12 +0000

A leftover piece of bread from my lunch inspired this sketch.