January 2019 – Page 3 – ThreeSixFiveArt

Thursday Jan 3, 2019… Draw Your Day

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2019, art journal, Draw Your Day, january 3, leaves, watercolor5 Comments

I have been saving these leaves and finally thought, it’s about time I clean off my work space. Very little effort applied. 😦 But at least I did journal.

I had planned to fill both pages with watercolor leaves, and frankly just wasn’t feeling it. So… Mira Byler suggested this in the youtube video I watched tonight. She tried it with ink first, which didn’t take to the leaves well, so I tried watercolor. Both had marginal success. She’s right, the gouache works better. Basically, a lazy artist’s page, but I’m sticking with the idea that I was EXPERIMENTING. Anyway, slapping gouache onto leaves is relaxing and fun.

Hello, January 2019!

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019Posted in UncategorizedTagged Draw Your Day, grown-up-ish playdate!, January 2019, urban sketching, virginia Living Museum, watercolor, watercolor journal1 Comment

Hectic holidays, poor planning, and no art! (what??!) But 2019 is here, and one goal is to put daily art back as a priority. (Following the “Draw Your Day” book I was using in 2018 as a guide!) Today a friend invited me out for some urban sketching… and this met several of my new year’s resolutions, (including both daily art, and weekly urban/plein air sketching practice) so I happily joined her at The Virginia Living Museum.