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In the great spirit of drawing and encouraging other people to share their sketches I thought one day I'd put up some pages from my journal. And then Jennifer, of NPLI took me up on a dare so here I am. I'm baring my amateur creative buns for all the internet (click to make bigger).



I draw in bed mostly drawing my hands, pictures from the decoration magazines by my bed, and right now I'm having fun drawing people and things from Diego Rivera's paintings because he's my big guru fave lately. I love words and fonts, always have, and sometimes I'll spend hours copying silly words. I also love children's books and when I'm reading to my kids I'll get inspired to draw the animals from their books. Sometimes I'll draw in the back yard. I'm trying to do more real life drawing, which was the original goal, to get out and draw maybe with friends or the kids. It's almost impossible to get a stray moment to do it with young-uns running around so I don't get to do it much but I prefer those sketches because they feel less stiff.

I use various Pilot felt tip pens from the grocery store and a one euro sketch book that I got at Gifi (the French K-Mart). I'm experimenting with different pens trying to get the right groove. In the past few weeks I've been using a new erasable Pilot pen which I have mixed feelings about.

This is my third month of keeping this sketch book and I'm really motivated to keep it going. It's so much fun to get lost in a sketch.

If you sketch or journal I'm daring you to share a few pages too. Come out of the closet and into the fresh air. Be brave.