Sunday sketches and the sketchbook challenge

Here's some new quick sketches from my own sketchbook just for fun...

This is a one line...

This one is for the sketchbook challenge theme of "branching out", literally!

And this one is just for dthaase's site of whimsy, he asked for poems of popcorn, and I gave him a one-line as a bonus!

WOYWW

Here's what I'm working on now, or rather have just finished...

The first is the cover of the Sisterhood of the traveling sketchbook I mentioned awhile back. 13 of us "sisters" have decided to each get a sketchbook, do a spread in each and mail them around the world so when we get them back they'll be full of original, unique art on the theme of the months of the year. You can see my first spread that I did a few posts back. Now I finally got the cover and the sign in page done, and I'm ready to mail it out this week.. For the sign in page I included tags that each person can decorate as much or as little as they want. To see the other sisters sites, you can go to their blogs listed on my sidebar. It's getting exciting!
The last photo is of my desk at work, I sometimes forget which is my tea and which is my jar of water for painting.  I haven't drank the paint water but I have painted with tea  before!

Don't forget to stop by other desks by clicking on the WOYWW link and also go to whimsical wednesday for some whimsy there on the new link at the top of my sidebar...

IF, bicycle

So this little one line sketch is a unicycle, not a bicycle but hey it's close. I threw in the other little sketch I did yesterday too. A bit of a change from my watercolors, just for IF!

Angel faces charity art auction...

I am pleased to be donating to Illustraion Avenue's very first Art Auction. The auction will run from March 7th -14th and they will be donating 100% of the proceeds to the Award winning charity, Angel Faces. When I read about Angel faces and their stories I decided I had to be part of their auction.

These girls have facial disfigurements due to burns and are taught how to overcome the social challenges that they face every day because they look different. They are counseled one on one and in group settings. These girls get to participate in therapeutic art through mosaics, jewelry making, drawing, journaling and verbal expression.. These girls get to be themselves for one whole week, without being judged. These young ladies experience amazing psychological transformations during this week. Some of their comments, stories and photos are on the Angel Faces website.

{About the Auction}

The Art Auction consists of donated art by Inspiration Avenue team members. They will have the auction up for a whole week in order to reach as large an audience as possible. In order to promote this, they are asking each of you to add the button or flier to your blog and do a post about it. Our team goal is to send the charity at least $500. USD.

Go here to learn more and get their blog button if you want!

http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2010/02/art-auction-for-angel-faces.html

I'll be posting the piece of art that I'm donating on April 30th!

Please come back then...

This week...

Wow, this week went fast, I missed what's on your workdesk wednesday and lots more challenges but there's no time to do them all... I have been named Wizard of whimsey for last weeks mushroom and frog! another Yippee!

I have finally finished Hedgy the hedgehog...

and some tags to go with him...He's in love with a prickly pear...

 I have also gotten a little further with the palette I've been talking about for the last few weeks...

I've had a really hard time mentally switching from watercolor to acrylic. The order you do things is so reversed... I normally think from light washes to dark washes then adding shadow,  and I normally plan ahead to leave white highlights before even starting. Since acrylics are opaque I should be taking advantage of that by painting on top of other colors but I can't seem to think that way. and blending as I go is not coming natural to me either... all whining aside I'm moving along anyway.

Thanks for stopping by and please check out paint party friday, crafty friday, creative friday, fiber art friday and whimsical wednesday!

Yippee!

Just wanted to share that the treasury above for the 1000thingsalpaca team treasury challenge has been selected as this week's winning treasury! Which means that all the people who play  along will be using an item from my etsy shop this week in their treasuries, and I get to pick my favorite to be the winner next saturday! anyone can play along, you don't need to be a member of their team, but if you want to read the rules to the challenge you can go here...

http://1000thingsalpaca.blogspot.com/

The more the merrier so why don't you join in and make a treasury, next week it could be your shop that everyone is checking out!

IF... Journey

This little baby is on his first journey ever, who knows where he might end up...

I did the watercolor three years ago, but since my painting has changed ALOT in the last 3 years I wasn't going to post it so I did a quick sketch today for this challenge. Not a great photo of it though. But, I decided to show you both... and maybe even add it to "sunday sketches" tomorow too...