October 2011
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Elora, Ontario, Canada
This is my first post for my first sketch in my themed sketchbook “Monochromatic”. This is my second year participating in the Sketchbook Tour 2012 which this year its going to be closer to me in TORONTO!!
This photo is of me sketching the sketch below. BEAUTIFUL and breathtaking scenery!!!
Stay tuned for more on my Monochromatic themed sketchbook!
July 2011
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Sketchbook Project 2012!
I have signed up yet again for the Sketchbook Project 2012! I am quite excited as the tour will be visiting CANADA! Toronto to be exact as one of their stops!
The theme I chose this year was MONOCHORMATIC.. which sparks some ideas already. SO IT BETTER HURRY up and get here!!!
That’s all for now. I will post when I get my book!! EEeee excite!
January 2011
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FINALLY doneeeeeeee
I am finally done and the sketchbook has been sent! I am so proud to have completed it. Although not all of the pages are up to my standards I did finish it and its gone for good! :(
There are 28836 artists from 94 countries around the world are participating. The tour starts February, 2011. Here is more info about the Sketchbook Tour
Here are the rest of my sketches from the book! :) Enjoy!
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ALMOST there!!!!
So I was going to write a short bio about myself in the front cover but decided against it in the end as we were to fill out a bio card anyways so I just went with iam.samantha :)
Instructions on how to make ice cream “in 5 mins”
Not so much a fan of this one but its just a “sketchbook” right?
Being Canadian I HAD to include a flag or something!!! So why not our...
Second post in 2 days!!
I am on a roll!!!! Watch out!
This is my second post in two days! Anyways, I have MORE drawings to share since I am in the crunch time to get it done!
Enjoy!
Some thought processes I can do “in 5 mins”
You can have an intimate salsa dance “in 5 mins”
Or you can just hang out “for 5 mins”
Check back for more sketches.. possibly tomorrow!!! :)
Pages!!
So I have finally completed some pages to share with you. Although this is a sketchbook and being on the spot makes me nervous!! SO with that being said I am not a fan of all of these sketches. My theme is “in 5 mins” which I am using very loosely. Some things don’t look like they correspond at all with my theme but just think…. I thought about it withIN 5 MINS !!
I hope...
December 2010
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Drum roll...... First page has been completed!!!!
So the day has finally come! I bit the bullet and finished the FIRST page of the Sketchbook! Not to panic or anything but it only has to be to Brooklyn, NY in a few weeks and I have nearly 60 pages to use up!!! Looks like I will be drawing in my sleep for the next few weeks!!
Check it out!
Check back for page 2!
The NEW and improved Cover!
So it has been a while since I last posted about my sketchbook. I have been negleting it since I did the cover as I hated it so much. SO I have changed it (as I said I probably would). I only have about a month to get it finished and sent away!!
Here are new pictures of the new cover (not finished yet, need to put some ribbon on it still).
And First inside page. I drew a self portrait of...
October 2010
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The cover!!!
So I wanted to do something simple but different for the cover. I didn’t want to change it to drastically as I am a perfectionist and will get annoyed if I do too much embellishing. I am not sure if I like this treatment I have done on the cover to begin with so we will see how this sits for a while then possibly I might change it :) Let me know what you think! Starting to cut out with...
The journey begins!
So I have spent a few days deciding what I wanted to do with my cover. I have started but I am not revealing until I have finished this part of the cover but here is a teaser picture….
I bet you are just curious as to what I am going to do … :) Well stay tuned and see!!!
September 2010
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It has ARRIVED!!!!
After many weeks of patiently waiting my sketchbook has finally reached my hands! My first book went to another participant in Ottawa so I had to email for a replacement book and it is finally here!! I am so excited to start but there are so many things running through my head before I actually put pen to paper!
I have so many questions that are running rapid through my brain! Should I be...
August 2010
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and... it's been SENT!
I am so overly excited to know that my sketchbook has started it’s travel to me!!!
We just wanted to let you know that an item from your order shipped! The materials for The Sketchbook Project: 2011 were shipped!!!
EEE I can’t wait!!! Now how long will it take… hmmm. I will keep you updated. I already have the first page image in my head…!!
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Patiently Waiting
It’s like a concert tour but with sketchbooks
I have decided to join “The Sketchbook Project 2011”. I am patiently awaiting the arrival of my sketchbook so I can start sketching!! I have chosen the theme from a list of potential possibilities. I chose “in 5 mins”. I plan on logging my updates and new sketching that I complete in my sketchbook so check back for...