I've been carrying around my sketchbook project envelope, trying to find little pockets of time to work on the drawings. I try to do a bit each day while I eat my lunch. Hopefully it won't get christened with various food items. I'm about halfway through at this point, and I have a vague idea of where it's going, but you never know with "uncharted waters".
Here's one of the latest pages I've been sketching for the Sketchbook Project. Only 20 more pages to go before the deadline (or 10 full spreads)!
My main character has arrived on pages 4 and 5. It's time for him to begin his adventures on "uncharted waters!"
I've made some progress on my "Uncharted Waters" this week. This is the first spread after my title page. I used a black Prismacolor pencil and watercolor. There will be a little bit of wrinkling with these materials, but I like the way it looks. It reminds me of a sketchbook that one would take out into nature to do field studies. It might be fun to press some leaves or other real objects and include them in the finished sketchbook. I guess I'll figure it out as I meander through the pages over the next few months. And since this is really for next year's tour, I should probably add 2012 to this page. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else is working on.
At the Smells Like Crayons critique group meeting last night, one of the things we talked about was the Sketchbook Project sketchbooks we had all ordered. We all had different themes and ideas, but agreed how hard it is to make the first marks on our pristine books.
