I finally made up my mind about what theme to choose for the Sketchbook Project, and more importantly, I actually, officially signed up! For a long time I had my eye on the theme, “Make Mine a Double,” but could never quite take the plunge. Recently I checked out the website again, and that theme wasn’t available anymore. I was a little bummed, until I saw one that hadn’t been available when I was first checking it out. “Lines & Grids” is the theme I went for, and I’m really happy about it. In my opinion, it’s one of the most neutral themes I’ve seen, and I feel like there is so much that I can do with it.
After signing up, I kept coming up with all kinds of ideas for what I could do for the sketchbook, but I know that it’ll be a while before I get the actual sketchbook in the mail and can start drawing in it. Not able to contain myself any longer, I painted a plaid pattern on a small card with watercolor, and then cut out the shape of a heart.
I glued the cut out heart onto a plain sheet of paper, and continued the lines from the heart onto the clean background with pen.
I found it confusing and a little overwhelming when I was done. It seemed a little funny to me, but I cut it out again!
Ahhhh. Much better. The busy plaid needs the contrast of the plain background.
Not one to waste scraps, I also scanned in the background on its own, which also looks pretty good.
Maybe something like this will end up in my Sketchbook Project sketchbook?
Anika, I’m really glad that you signed up for the Sketchbook Project!!! I can’t wait to see what you will be making. Seeing what you posted here, I know that your sketchbook is going to be awesome! I also think that the theme suits your style perfectly, it’s a great choice.
Have fun with it!
thanks Maria! I’m really glad that I went ahead and actually signed up for it. I’ll have a lot of work to do before sending it in by January 15th, but it will be a good challenge, and I’m so happy to have gotten a theme that really inspires me!