Category Archives: sketchbook assignments

These are two pages I made while “taking” the online Strathmore Visual Journaling Course.  Pam Carriker led us through the process of using photocopies of some of our old collages, cutting them up and adding layers of gesso and paint prints.  The top one uses portions of old collages and the bottom page does not.  With the bottom page, I started by painting circular shapes with watercolor paints.  I did some writing with white pens and smears of chalk pastels.  … Read more… →

Another challenge I recently discovered is Michelle Ward’s street team crusade.  There is a new technique every month and then you post your results.  This month the challenge is “It’s a Wrap”.  You are supposed to incorporate wrapping paper, tags or cards into your artwork.  This is some Christmas wrapping paper, combined with my own drawing and painting. Overall, for an experiment I am fine with how they turned out.  I would like to have been able to glue down … Read more… →