Delay

well... i was sketching--a new fabric line, but i can't post that. it is unlikely that i will post at all this month.  setback.
bike crash. too fast around a corner.  this is after the er.  i won't show the before.  the right hand looks good, just soft tissue damage. i can't write or open jars.  missing the use of that wonderful opposable thumb.  i am learning new ways of doing things, but can't drive yet. grateful, so grateful to be able to walk, and no head injury. yeah for helmets, the kindness of strangers (who scooped me up and rushed me to the er), and pain meds. road rash is not for sissies, and i feel like a big one. bleahhh.

Day 29

Today I have a guest blogger.  She is my daughter, Jane.  She happened to see my blog today, while I had it up and asked about the Sketchbook Challenge.  So I explained it to her and she wanted to participate. I told her the theme was Highly Prized and immediately she said "my cat"!  Of course! I thought she would draw with real paper and paint, or markers or something, but no!  She wanted to give my drawing tablet a try.  It was a bit frustrating for her, because she doesn't know anything about Photoshop.  So I started her off easy and showed her just a few simple things.  She started over a few times, but this is what she drew.  I am really quite proud of her for sticking with it!  And I LOVE her drawing!

Day 28
Well, it's day 28 and I don't have 28 drawings.  Darn it!  I am still in the first month and unable to make my goal.  Well, this is supposed to be fun and instructional by making it a daily habit.    And it seemed like the carrot danging at the end of the stick.....that is, while I wasn't working much on my art quilts.  However, I have now managed to carve out some time to do the work I love so much.  So all is good on the art front, but maybe not so much on the sketching front.  Too bad, I won't apologize for making time to create art quilts, I just can't go there. 

Meanwhile, today at the bakery, on my son's iPad, I drew another doodle.  He did save it, but that is NOT what you are looking at here.  His app is called ColorTilt.  It is FUN.  As you tilt the iPad, the colors change while you draw.  I must admit that it is rather difficult to draw anything on a constantly moving surface.  The app does allow for a LOCK mode, in which you can just draw with one color at a time.  I like that too.  Anyway, here is my rendition of the sketch I made on his iPad.  I drew this one on Photoshop.  This evening I learned how to draw a rainbow line.  How cool!!!

Day 20

Fun with doodling.  I like the feature on Photoshop that you can select an area, in this case it was the orange background.  And then you can draw all over it without your drawing overlapping the flowers.  Kind of cool.  I added the white doodle lines on the background after the flowers were drawn in this way.

Day 19
Did you notice the hiccup?  I missed yesterday.  Now what?  Give up the project?  Keep going and acknowledge that I missed a day?  Just not perfect as it turns out??

So, today's entry is a fingerpainting.  On my son's iPad.  He emailed it to me, so I am sharing it with you.  FYI, it does not look like him, though I was looking at him when I drew it.  It took about 3 minutes. And well, at least it is recognizable as a face, that's all I can say.  Oh, yeah, the app I used was Mirror Paint.  He has a lot of art apps.  I wish I had his iPad.  It's really, really fun.

Day 17
It is amazing how much time I can spend making a simple sketch and still get the angles wrong.  I am overly critical of this little red stool.  I looked at the darn thing while I was sketching, but the angles are still off.  Meanwhile, it does look like a stool, so that's good.  And I did attempt a small bit of shading, which is hard for me.  I didn't take time to add the shadows.  I also feel a bit frustrated.  Maybe a quicker sketch might have been more to my liking.  Maybe I will try that tomorrow. 

Day 16
January 16.2011

I really did NOT feeling like sketching or playing today.  I would much rather be working on one of my art quilts tonight.  This sketching every day is turning out to be much harder than I expected. 

So, this one is really quick.  I played with drawing color boxes, and then stripes with transparent color.  Next, I tried playing with the hue option under the brushes tab.  There is so much there to explore!  Anyway, this sketch is an ode to my easy button, a toy on my desk.  It is much more fun to play with that I could have possibly anticipated, but there you are!