Sketchbook Work

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 15

Monday, November 30th

Prompt 10: Blacken a page of your sketchbook with charcoal or graphite. Use an eraser to draw a subject. Focus on creating an illusion of form. See Frank Auerach’s drawings.

Sketch #1, Prompt 10, “Lamp on Credenza”

Sketch #2, Prompt 10, “Reverse Drawing of a Sphere/Ball”

Inspiration for Sketchbook #15

Monday, November 30th

“Self-portrait” by Frank Auerbach 1958

“Head of JYM II,” by Frank Auerbach 1984-85

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 14

Monday, November 23rd

Prompt 8: Quickly sketch an object in your sketchbook with a light pencil. Go back over the sketch with a darker pencil, this time slowly and accurately. Following Leonard’s example, be open to adjustments and corrections. See Leonardo da Vinci’s “Burlington House of Cartoons,” and his “Sketch of Female Hands.”

Sketch #1, Prompt 8, “Picture Frame of 50 Yard Line in Ohio Stadium”

Sketch #2, Prompt 8, “Coffee Mug”

Inspiration for Sketchbook #14

Monday, November 23rd

“Female Hands” by Leonardo da Vinci completed around 1474

“The Burlington House Cartoon,” by Leonardo da Vinci

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 13

Monday, November 16th

Prompt 2: Take a short walk. Draw the things you observe along the way. Look at the weed drawings of Cathy Nan Quinlan.

Sketch #1, Prompt 2, “Vines and Bushes Growing at the Base of a Fence”

Sketch #2, Prompt 2, “Hammock Between Two Old Trees”

Inspiration for Sketchbook #13

Monday, November 16th

Work from “Drawing of Weeds” Collection by Cathy Nan Quinlan

Another Work from “Drawing of Weeds” Collection by Cathy Nan Quinlan

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 12

Monday, November 9th

Prompt 24: Draw from your own autobiography and memory. Look at the work of Carol Rama.

Sketch #1, Prompt 24, “Christmas Eve in the Smith House”

Sketch #2, Prompt 24, “High School Volleyball Highlights”

Inspiration for Sketchbook #12

Monday, November 9th

“I due pini [The Two pines]” by Carol Rama 1941

“Opera n.” by Carol Rama 1940

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 11

Monday, November 2nd

Prompt 28: Draw a storyboard of your day using six boxes to capture the events. Look at the work of Luca Buvoli.

Sketch #1, Prompt 28, “My Day Oct 31st”

Sketch #2, Prompt 28, “My Day Nov 1st”

Inspiration for Sketchbook #11

Monday, November 1st

A Work by Luca Buvoli

An Additional Work by Luca Buvoli

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 10

Wednesday, October 28th

Prompt 3: Create a landscape using cross-contour lines. Imbue your lines with some type of emotion, for example, calmness or anger. Draw in the style of Louise Bourgeois.

Sketch #1, Prompt 3 (Anger/Hostility Depicted)

Sketch #2, Prompt 3 (Calmness/Serenity Depicted)

Inspiration for Sketchbook #10

Wednesday, October 28th

“Untitled,” by Louise Bourgeois

“Throbbing Pulse,” by Louise Bourgeois

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 9

Monday, October 19th

Prompt 34: Go to the House of Illustrations website and look at the works of artist’s who have had recent exhibitions. Make illustrations in the style of Jo Brockelhurst.

Sketch #1, Prompt 34

Sketch #2, Prompt 34

Inspiration for Sketchbook #9

Monday, October 19th

Jo Brocklehurst House of Illustrations Collection: Nobodies and Somebodies

Jo Brocklehurst House of Illustrations Collection: Nobodies and Somebodies

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 8

Monday, October 12th

Prompt 29: Draw a map of where you live now or where you grew up from your imagination. Look at the work of Courttney Cooper.

Sketch #1, Prompt 29 (Map of Where I Currently Live)

Sketch #2, Prompt 29 (My Hometown Neighborhood Map)

Inspiration for Sketchbook #8

Monday, October 12

“Cincinnati Map,” by Courttney Cooper, 1977

“Cincinnati Map II,” by Courttney Cooper

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 7

Monday, October 5th

Prompt 27: Make various marks and use different styles of drawing in one work. Look at work of Ellen Gallagher.

Sketch #1, Prompt 27

Sketch #2, Prompt 27

Inspiration for Sketchbook #7

Monday, October 5th

Image by Ellen Gallagher; Gagosian

Image by Ellen Gallagher; Gagosian

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 6

Monday, September 28th

Prompt 23: Make an automatic drawing, unlocking your unconscious mind. Use Tate Gallery on Surrealism and link provided for Automatic Drawing.

Sketch #1, Prompt 23

Sketch #1 (2nd Version), Prompt 23

Sketch #2, Prompt 23

Sketch #2 (2nd Version), Prompt 23

Inspiration for Sketchbook #6

Monday, September 28th

“Metamorphosis of Narcissus,” by Salvador Dali 1937; Surrealism Inspiration

“Forest and Dove,” by Max Ernst 1927; Automatism Inspiration

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 5

Monday, September 21st

Prompt 1: Draw a piece of fruit. Focus on rendering light. Look at work of Paul Cezanne.

Sketch #1, Prompt 1

Sketch #2, Prompt 1

Image Apple Is Based On

Image Blackberry Is Based On

Inspiration for Sketchbook #5

Monday, September 21st

“Avocado,” By Paul Cezanne

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 4

Monday, September 14th

Prompt 7: Choose a subject that can be used to create a symmetrical drawing. Change your point of view and draw the same subject as an asymmetrical composition. Inspired by Hilma Af Klint.

Sketch #1, Prompt 7

Sketch #1, Prompt 7, Symmetrical Butterfly

Sketch #1, Prompt 7, Asymmetrical Butterfly

Sketch #2, Prompt 7

Sketch #2, Prompt, Symmetrical Drawing

Sketch #2, Prompt 7, Asymmetrical Drawing

Sketch #2, Prompt 7, Side View – Images Both Look Symmetrical

Inspiration for Sketchbook Assignment #4

Monday, September 14th

Untitled by Hilma af Klint at the Guggenheim

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 3

Tuesday, September 8th

Prompt 19: Make a line drawing. Using a different color, make another line drawing or markings on top of the first drawing. Experiment with different subjects. Look at the work of Marisol Escobar.

Sketch #1, Prompt 19

Sketch #1: Cacti with added detail, Prompt 19

Sketch #2, Prompt 19 (Paper ripped so I had to cut the sketch out)

Sketch #3, Prompt 19; Experimenting with Marker on Line Drawing Instead of Colored Pencil

Sketch #4, Prompt 19; Using Marker Over the Line Drawing

Inspiration for Sketchbook Assignment #3

Tuesday, September 8th

Untitled by María Sol Escobar, a suite of six prints, 1978, in The Bradbury Art Museum, Windgate Gallery

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 2

Wednesday, September 2nd

Prompt 25: Start to doodle and using your imagination allow it to grow.

Sketch #1, Prompt 25

Sketch #2, Prompt 25

Inspiration for Sketchbook Assignment #2

Wednesday, September 2nd

“Hong Kong Night,” by Dr Doodle

“A Bundle of Beautiful Chaos,” by Matt Lyon

Further Inspiration by Dr Doodle: https://mrdoodle.com/Home

Sketchbook Assignment: Week 1

Thursday, August 27th

Prompt 22: Make marks that are inspired by foliage drawing with confident free flowing lines. Inspired by Henri Matisse

Sketch #1, Prompt 22

Sketch #2, Prompt 22

Inspiration for Sketchbook Assignment #1

Thursday, August 27

“Magnolia”, by Henri Matisse