This time I thought a daily sketch would be great. By the time I decided this there was only a week left in January.
These are my rules.
1- Each sketch is done in a page a day diary. ( A pocket Moleskine was my diary of choice)
2-Each sketch can only take 15 mins
3-Can use any thing that makes a mark
4-Any subject or pattern is fair game too.
Rule 5 - there are no rules!!
Having left my creative side behind for years, my drawing skills are rusty to say the least. So for my first day I decided to do a Zentangle. Why? I have no idea is something I never got the hang of. Then there was a weird sketch from outside the bedroom window. I didn't post any of these but for some reason I decided to post a strange rainbow and a badly drawn sketch of my Bass Ukulele. That was my reemergence on Instagram. Some sketches turned out ok ish and as time has gone on I have improved .
As I pike to use colour when sketching I found that the pages need clear gesso to take the water.
This whole sketch thing has had many good effects on me, making me look around more and see things I could draw quickly. I often grab a pic on my phone to sketch later.
All so got me trying out some other media I have had a while and not used. One being water soluble wax crayons. The other thing I discovered was the gesso made a HB pencil darker and I could shade with water. This got me looking at other water soluble media such as tinted graphite pencils.
So all in all I feel it has been a success. Fingers crossed I can keep this up all year and beyond. Good fun go on and try it!!