The Sketchbook Project: September 2011

What's this about?

I embarked on The Sketchbook Project because I really like the idea of artists all over the world giving their sketchbooks to be kept in a library, for anyone to look at. I chose the theme "Travel With Me", not because I'm going to actually travel anywhere, but because I consider wherever I am to be a stop on a journey, a place where I suddenly notice something beautiful or interesting, and feel the urge to make a drawing, a painting, or a photograph. I like the idea of carrying this little book around with me (something I've often done anyway), so that when I get that urge, I make the sketch, and later, people will be able to travel with me on my little journeys around my world.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Visit to Baltimore - 9/30/11

Marina at Baltimore's Inner Harbor

I spent the day with my step-mom, Marjorie, in Baltimore, and we walked around near the Inner Harbor. I love boats - I drew them with a Sharpie fine, like I drew the construction equipment this summer, by starting at one point and just drawing until the page was full.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Starting the sketchbook, my kitchen - 9/29/11

I made the first sketch, to break in the book - Malkie asleep in the sun, the first thing I noticed when I came into the kitchen today, and the most beautiful thing, too.