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The art media I used was watercolor and origami. I like origami and want to find a way to put it on the sketch book so I paint over it. I used an origami butterfly and a paper crane. Then I paint over it with purple and blue watercolors. I think I should add more depth or contrast to make it pop.

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Album Cover Redesign: "Suneo en Paraguay"

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Album Cover Redesign: "Suneo en Paraguay"

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HOW? Printer paper cut with exact-o knife, then spray-painted, and mounted onto watercolor paper.
WHAT? Redesign of album cover, as stated above. I looked up some Paraguayan mythology (because  the title translates to "Dreaming of Paraguay")  and I found some pretty interesting spirits to add to my artwork.
This cover has a dark meaning.
MEANING FOR ME: I really enjoyed drawing this. The song means a lot to me because it has given me a lot inspiration of past projects. I think that by doing this sketchbook prep, I've kind of given back to it.
This was the first time I gave the exact-o knife a go. I've never actually done  something like this. This project definitely helped me come out of my comfort zone.
Something I would improve? The amount of time I spent on the background. Yes, the messiness gives it an almost blur affect from far away, but that wasn't what I was going for. I think I should've added more things - probably leaves, clouds, and other plan life to the forefront. It would've made it more interesting.

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Water Color and pen
I used watercolors to prep the page. I got the idea to do flowers because it is something I do not draw very often. Drawing the flowers over and over made me feel more comfortable drawing them. This page wasn't meant to be perfect. It was meant to take me out of my comfort zone and challenge me to draw the best flowers I could.

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Colored Pencil September 2020
I was firstly inspired by seeing Mrs. Corapi's colored pencil jewelry example, so I wanted to do something fun and colorful. Since I had only an hour I wanted to do a monochromatic turtle to not focus too much on making the colors too realistic and perfect. Personally as an artist I really tend to focus on every single detail to make it look as best as possible with only an hour, but without really looking at perfection. One personal critique I have of this piece is to work on the feet of the turtle a bit better because I was so caught up in finishing it that it got a tiny bit sloppy when it comes to feet.

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Prismacolor and pastel Sept. 2020

When I was younger, I always had a thing for marbles, my grandma would always let me pick out a few of hers that she stored in a vase. Something about how they're created and how they could come in varying sizes and shapes inspired me to do this piece. I was able to find a piece of grey sketchbook paper, so I scribbled a continuous line and then set up my piece. I used soft pastels to color in the base and then went in with darker pastels and colored pencils to create shadows and highlights. I realized that different marbles are either easier or more difficult to draw onto paper, which can be seen on the unfinished red marble and the two clear marbles.

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Acrylic paint with sharpies and pen. July 2020
I originally started this painting with the intention to do something more related to Rapunzel as the yellow river in the middle reminded me of her hair in the stories. In the end, I decided that I wouldn't go that route as the ideas that I had were too much like the Disney movie for me. In the end I decided to go with candle lit lamps as the yellow in the painting looked like a river of light. I didn't want to try an complicate the piece too much after that as it would become confusing rather than unified, so I decided to play with different line weights to show shading. Another thing in my favor was The fact that I kept the lamps in line with the yellow river to keep the movement of the piece going from the top right to the bottom left.

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August 2020
Green pen and colored pencils

To kick off this piece, I traced different sized triangles with two different shades of green colored prismacolor pencils. I chose greens because I was inspired by nature and how Wicca focuses on the connection (to nature) and your love for it. I followed the prompt of drawing an OC and I drew my OC in green pen. The theme of the piece is witches and Wicca; recently I have been diving into the world of Wicca and Paganism. I wanted to capture more of the magical aspects of being Wiccan.

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Watercolor, ink, pencil September 2020
I was inspired by the fact that the facial expression is very unique. Recently I've been working on semi-realism and I have seen a lot of growth in my work. I wish that I could've added more buns in the top left area of her head, but I am very happy with the end result and I think that the watercolor drips in the background add a lot of interest.

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September 1, 2020 - Acrylic Paint
I took a photo last year at the Japanese Gardens that felt magical. It reminded me of a fairy garden, and I wanted to emphasize that with a non-local color scheme. Red seemed to be calling me, so I started there. I was going to do just complementary colors, but I wanted to add one more color, so I went with split complementary.

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Sharpie and Watercolor Aug 2020

My inspiration for this piece was a fully blind face drawing on Instagram. I wanted to make something that was all connected, and also added some color. I enjoy how I showed freckles while having them all be connected like little constellations. If I were to do this again, I would have planned out how the faces would have looked, because some of the faces I would be more happy with.

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Water colored, oil pastels and gold marker. I prepped the background of this page with masking take, so I was able to leave the white spaces. I've always been super interested in planets and space in general so I decided to draw planets. I feel like the was an opportunity to get me more comfortable with oil pastels. I really like the watercolor background and the blue planet on top, I tried my best.

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Colored Pencil August 2020
This piece is a colored pencil drawing of a Pianoa spider that was inspired by the "draw your fears" prompt. I'm terrified of spiders, but drawing this helped broaden my inspiration and prompt horizons. It's still in progress as I couldn't finish it in the hour, but I feel that I may have sketched it too dark in some places so it would be difficult to color over/erase.I overall really enjoy this piece and feel its a great spider done in realism.

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Colored Pencil, Pen, & Markers
I prepped this page by using a circle template and markers to draw various sizes of overlapping yellow and pink circles. Looking back at the page, it reminded me of planets and space, so that inspired me to create a fun space scene. I sketched out an astronaut and a space station with pencil, then I colored them in with Prismacolor colored pencils. From there, I lined the contours with pen and added details to the background planets with colored pencil. Although you can see some of the dots through the colored pencil and the planets could be cleaner,  I now realize I can produce art I am proud of without spending an extensive amount of time on it.

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For this piece I used water color in the background, which inspired me to do a marine animal. I used prismacolor pencils for the dolphin, however, when I finished with that I felt like I needed something else. I then decided to use a posca paint pen to add highlights and bubbles in the back. September 4th 2020.

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Watercolor and Ebony Pencil September 2020
I created this picture while watching my fish, Gary, swim around his tank. I felt inspired by his flowy fins and got an ocean sense from the watercolor background, so I wanted to create something fishy on this page. I feel like I could have done better with the scales if I had more time. Drawing each and every one was a huge challenge for me.

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Watercolor September 8 2020
I decided to paint my home here in Illinois. The reason why i wanted to paint my house is because my family and I are moving in November so I wanted to draw the place that I grew up in. The sketch is the back of my house while the water color is the front of my house. The one thing that I wish I had done was capture the entire front of the house instead of just a zoomed in part of it. Although, I did have a lot of fun sketching this and this also forced me to work on proportions of objects.

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I was inspired by the all of the interesting detail that the candle has and the colors of the acrylic paint. I used a pen instead of a normal pencil to force myself to not worry about mistakes and get used to not erasing so much and beacuse how it would look with the paint. I like the look of the black ink with the acrylic paint and even though there are a lot of mistakes how I just went with.

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Acrylic Paint & Pen
Moths symbolize a large transformation, and the hand reaching out represents me trying to grasp this concept. I don't typically use bold colors like gold but I do enjoy working with pen and line work. Something I could improve on this piece is using a better kind of paper for paint or being able to not draw so large to the point where I run out of room.

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DIRECTIONS: Post your favorite sketchbook project here. You will have to save it as a jpeg.  In the comment section, title your favorite from our Sketchbook Challenge and write a 3-5 sentence artist reflection on it. An artist statement should include your inspiration, what media you used, thoughts on how this was an opportunity for personal growth as an artist, and personal critique using positive language. You can always include an opinion on how well your did or what you would improve.  In the statement include which media, title, & date (Aug/Sept '20)

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DIRECTIONS: Post your favorite sketchbook project here. You will have to save it as a jpeg.  In the comment section, title your favorite from our Sketchbook Challenge and write a 3-5 sentence artist reflection on it. An artist statement should include your inspiration, what media you used, thoughts on how this was an opportunity for personal growth as an artist, and personal critique using positive language. You can always include an opinion on how well your did or what you would improve.  In the statement include which media, title, & date (Aug/Sept '20)

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SB prep

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SB prep

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SB prep

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Cut paper & Watercolor July 2020
I began these birds as silhouettes in preparation for a larger piece. I was inspired by the relationship between the saturation of colors in the sky and the diffusing quality of clouds. I decided to use an unexpected cool color scheme for the sky to enhance the dreamy qualities of the wet watercolor technique. I find paper cutting to be a challenge but I worked outdoors to find a more peaceful environment to concentrate. I still wonder if adding pen detail would enhance or distract from the artwork. I enjoy hearing your thoughts :)