Sketchbook Exchange I

Cover of All Things Conspire, collaborative sketchbook between Sarah Atlee and Karo Design.

The talented Karo and I have begun a collaborative sketchbook project. I began by making a dozen or so drawings in a blank book, then sent it to her to add on.

Left-hand drawing by Karo, right-hand drawing by Sarah. Click to view larger.

You can see some of these drawings on her blog, in this post and also this one. More of my initial drawings in this Flickr set.

Can't wait to see what she does with this one.

I'm Interviewed for the OVAC Blog

Sketchbook: I Miss Oklahoma, ink on paper, February 2009. Click image to see full-size.

Ryan Peck interviewed me last week for the OVAC blog, and here it is.

I mentioned to him that if I could go back in time ten years or so, and talk to myself when I was mid-way through art school, I would say: ignore the fear. Or alternately, feel the fear and do it anyway. Do not let fear keep you from doing or making anything. I'm telling myself that on a daily basis now. Hope it sinks in.

Dr. Sketchy's OKC Was Awesome

Ilsa Reclined, from Dr. Sketchy's OKC, January 2009, ink sketch by Sarah Atlee.

Thanks to Marylin, Ashley, and everyone who attended or helped to organize the first Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School session in Oklahoma City.

Ilsa in a beach hat, from Dr. Sketchy's OKC, January 2009, ink sketch.

And thank you to the lovely Ilsa The Wolf for working so hard and making it look easy.

Ilsa in profile, from Dr. Sketchy's OKC, January 2009, ink sketch on cardboard.

Can't wait for February!

Sketch Series: Water (Flickr Set)

Water: Wavelets, ink on 3x5 index card, 2009. Click image to see full-size.

I've uploaded a new set of sketches to Flickr: Eight ways of looking at water. Each drawing is made with a Pigma Micron #1 pen on a 3x5 index card. I love index cards.

Lyle Lovett Portrait Illustration

This is my entry for the BookMooch Journal "A Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love."

Lyle Lovett, ink on paper, 2008. Click image to see full-size.

I'm really enjoying this marker sketch process. They're either cheap markers or old markers, so in either case they dry out quickly. That gives me an opportunity to layer colors like I would with glazes in painting.

Join BookMooch! It's a great way to match old books with new readers.

The BookMooch Journals are an offshoot of BookMooch. Read more about the journals here.

Related: I've been updating my Flickr page. Pop in for a visit, yeah? The Mooch Journals have a Flickr pool, too.