Sketchbook from Deep Creek Lake

Got a few sketchbook pages from our travels last week to share with you. 

 

(Mark's hands on the wheel while driving to MD)

(A little boat house/shed on the lake)

(The vacated former restaurant/inn next door to the condos we were renting)

(This is Anna Joy, my cousin's almost-two-year-old, wanted to help out with filling a few pages of my Summer Challenge Sketchbook. Drew her portrait from a photo on one of the pages when we got home.)

What's going on with the Summer Sketchbook Challenge?

  Well, it's going! 

Head over to the Summer Sketchbook Challenge blog to see everyone's progress.

Carter Stuart is also plugging away & producing some really fun & beautiful pages. Take a look at her blog as well: carterstuart.com

Below are a few pages from my sketchbook:

Summer Sketchbook Challenge: Portraits of the backs of people's heads

This summer a few artists and myself are challenging ourselves to draw regularly. We're calling it the Summer Sketchbook Challenge. Head over to the Summer Sketchbook Challenge blog to see who's in. We're always open for more. If you're interested, leave a comment over there with your email address and I'll add you to the group.

 

This was from Sunday, can you tell? :) 

A dear soul who is participating in the Summer Sketchbook Challenge is actually represented in one of the above portraits. Any guesses on who?

I'm guessing you'll see this page again at a later date when the rest of the boxes get filled on future Sunday mornings.

Summer Sketchbook Challenge: A heron & thumbnail sketches

Some painting composition planning as well as the heron at the edge of the Swift Creek Reservoir.

 

The Summer Sketchbook Challenge

Summer Sketchbook Challenge: First day of summer

This summer a few artists and myself are challenging ourselves to draw regularly. We're calling it the Summer Sketchbook Challenge. Head over to the Summer Sketchbook Challenge blog to see who's in. We're always open for more. If you're interested, leave a comment over there with your email address and I'll add you to the group.

Here's my first page:

 

 

It's Mark being sweet and washing the dishes.

Of course I skipped the first page of the sketchbook, because it's intimidating to put something on that first page. So technically this is page 2, but sketch #1 of the Summer Sketchbook Challenge. I'll come back to page 1 once I'm "in the swing of things".

 

We've got a good little group participating. I'm looking forward to the camaraderie and gaining inspiration from each other over the summer. 

Summer Sketchbook Challenge

The Challenge: to fill a moleskine over the summer. 104 pages, 94 days. Want to join?

The Summer Sketchbook Challenge