So I finally came to the end of the sketchbook! Ninety three pages, ninety three consecutive days of art, which I hasten to add was not the assumed outcome!
I mixed my styles and my materials, as is my way, played and experimented, and with the support and encouragement of some lovely Instagram and Facebook friends, and the flexible container of ‘let’s see what happens’, I filled the whole sketchbook!
I am quite surprised.
Here is a selection from the final couple of weeks of the sketchbook project. For the rest, see: One, Two, Three, Four, Five
day 82 ~ oil pastels : these are by Mungyo and are inexpensive and gorgeously creamy and easy to blend with your finger. win.
day 83 ~ some resist fun with a white oil pastel and watercolours
day 84 ~ watercolours. some days i only felt like doing a few brush strokes
day 85 ~ oil pastels. trying different sets of colours together
day 88 ~ soft pastels. it was super sunny that day and i was on the beach for ages; i didn’t plan this but it interestingly reflected my day and my mood
day 89 ~ started as a very clear idea. went off on a major tangent and a very long ugly phase ensued. in the end i quite liked it though
day 90 ~ Neocolors. i love making art en plein air!
day 91 ~ Neocolors. I really love these ‘vertical stripes’ ones {there have been a few}. something to explore on canvas perhaps.
day 93 ~ last day! oil pastels. mildly freaked myself out with pressure to do something good, then decided not to bother with that. 🙂
Yay! And, done. Thanks so much for the support and enthusiasm for the project – without your comments {wherever you left them!} it would’ve been much harder and much less fun.
Hello Tara! I discovered your website through a Pinterest pin and I am so happy I did!! There is lots here to discover, and today, I painted a little landscape with your video as my guide, I loved it!! Thank you so much!!
Sandy
Hello Sandy – welcome! And thanks so much for visiting! I’m delighted to hear you found the little video useful. 🙂
Tara, so many of these are great.
You and I are SO alike, it’s not even funny.
I saw the Neo-color painting & said “OMG… i love this one!” and then i’d read your comment that said, “I love this one”. Then the one with the black lines…the one with the more subdued colours… and i thought “holy crap, this one, i LOVE!!” and then i’d read your same comment at the bottom. 😉 You have great taste, my girl! 😉 Lovely to catch up here, as usual. You make beautiful things, but more importantly, you encourage OTHERS to make beautiful things too! xx
Haha 🙂 Thank you for your lovely words as always P! xx
jaime bien les couleurs :0)
Merci Thalie! 🙂