new sketchbook

And that’s a wrap from this current sketchbook! Closing things with some Peter Falk wisdom I’ve shared before, I think… “My idea of Heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing.”

A passage from Nick Cave’s Red Hand Files struck a chord with me… “I’m worried my thoughts might slip away, as with a dream.”

Must be that time again?

Venturing into Spring again soon! About time…

Must be time to get things started with a new sketchbook! Introducing “Hears A New World Again” :-)

Introducing “Home Is Where Your Head’s At” :-) Starting a new sketchbook as we leave the summer and head into the autumn again… with things like Halloween and Samhuinn rearing their heads it’s liable to sway what goes on here as it always does!

Even with the wheel well and truly turning for the Beltane Fire Festival again, there’s still time for me to start a new sketchbook! Introducing “It Is What It Was” :-)

New sketchbook time! My local art suppliers know how to keep me happy, that much is true :-)

New sketchbook time? And right on time too.

This time last year I was in the midst of starting off my (then) new sketchbook... And what do I find myself doing tonight? Sticking to the same script with yet another one, that’s what!

Kicking things off with the new sketchbook! And what a time to do so... Coronavirus is rampant everywhere it seems, however big or small. If self-isolation (even for just a bit, wherever you are) is the way to combat this then I suggest making the most of this time. *Captain Obvious groove*

New sketchbook time! Introducing “Instant Everythings” :-)

New sketchbook time! Onwards and upwards as they say…

A more unusual interpretation of the mermay theme some of us are fond of. Also, new sketchbook time is fast approaching!

Fineliner in a new A4 sized sketchbook.

new entry on my new sketchbook..

First page of new sketchbook

Ye know how it is, a brand new sketchbook and a blank white page, at first it's exciting "what am I going to put in here" but that pristine blank white page keeps staring up at you and you start to think "crap! what am I going to put in here?" So I just doodled and put some thoughts down and doodled around that until the whole page was filled with one big doodle... it broke the silence and started the magic...yeah I said it, super cheesy!

The start of a new Sketchbook, Page 5.

I bought a set of 3 Bic multi-color ballpoint pens, a total of 10 colors including black, and a new sketchbook. Playing around with what colors and effects are possible, I'm excited to do more stuff with these pens. The colors didn't perfectly reproduce between the photo and JPEG compression. But I love how the upper left section is all done with the one dark blue, green, and red pen.

Decorative botanical illustration of violet (pansy) in a new sketchbook :)

A new sketchbook needs a random doodle page to break it in...

I started my new sketchbook with watercolor. My dog and flowers.

The start of a new Sketchbook, Page 4.

My new ocs, and random sketches

First page of new sketchbook; an unprompted drawing from imagination

Starting a new sketchbook but that dreaded Blank Page is mocking my hopes and dreams again...seems the only way to beat it is to doodle about it and laugh....")

This is my first doodle in my new sketchbook. The goal: doodle or sketch daily.

The start of a new Sketchbook, Page 3.