i was a latecomer to instagram, now i couldn’t bear to live without it. the quickest and super cutest way to share vignettes of my sketches on the fly….here’s a peek inside my sketchbook of late.

…..yeeeahhhhhh…..i haven’t decided which filters are my faves yet : )

…and sometimes the sketching is completely random and all over the place? But i promised full disclosure and no editing!  So here you go ; )

Here’s a little ol’ sketch i’m re-visiting for another of my children’s illustrations. The idea is there, but i have copious changes i’d like to make in addition to the ones on the post-it. Overall, i think the piece needs to be a bit more bold with scale and surreal elements. Of course, adding color won’t hurt either. i’m thinking i’ll do this one as a very sketchy ink drawing on a white page. Then there’ll be some messy watercolor washes and finally some colored pencil detail and overlays using gel pen. i love the skinny, saturated lines that gel pen can add in a final layer. So that’s the thought for now. Only time will tell what the final outcome will be on the drawing board. i’ll post the finished piece when i’m done!

Ok party people. If you’re gonna get to know me, you’ll soon realize i am all over the map! If my blog is really an extension of myself, it’s best if i try not to edit too much. So welcome to my sketchbook. i will share with you the good, the bad, and the ugliest of my sketches. Whatever hits the page on a given day, i vow to scan and share. To be sure, you will see some crazy quirky chicken-scratch, some frenetic brainstorming and some lovelies that i’ll eventually turn into an artwork. Today, i picked a lovely because i thought the eyes were just entirely too perfect to mark the first of these “peeks” into my sketchbook.