Sketchbook project 2012: update

The 2012 Sketchbook Project World Tour kicks off April 14th at the Brooklyn Art Library, featuring thousands of sketchbooks contributed by artists from 102 countries!

My sketchbook has now been cataloged. It'll be going on tour soon (yipee!) and can be found on the shelves with a call number of 139L.1-2  Artist name: Leigh Sanders
You can also view the digital version here: http://www.arthousecoop.com/library/6012

New pics for Sketchbook Project 2012

The latest additions to my Sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project 2012.  Can't believe I only have 1 page left to fill! (and there I was worried I wouldn't have anything...)

Yay!  I'm finished!  Click here to see the whole sketchbook.

Sketchbook Project 2012

I recently discovered a very exciting project called the Sketchbook Project 2012. I joined up, got my little sketchbook in the post and am a couple of pages away from finishing. The pages are really thin and not thick enough for proper watercolour painting (I tend to use 300- 350gsm paper when painting). I like painting really loosely and using huge amounts of water.

So, I decided to work with what I had, challenge myself a little and used sharpie, watercolours and coloured pencils.

Here are a couple of my favourites (all drawn and painted while watching the telly in the evening). It's been a really relaxing end to the day. I must admit I'm itching to work bigger and looser though. I now have another 2 pages to fill and then the final touches to make and I can post it off to New York.

 

UPDATE (19/08/2011): got an email today saying my sketchbook has arrived safely in New York.